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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 1997
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 30, 1997
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-8105 95-2134693
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification Number)
incorporation)
613 Baltimore Drive
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702-7944
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(717) 830-7100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events.
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On June 30, 1997, Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("RSI")
announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") with JP Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JP") and a
wholly owned subsidiary of JP, Hudson Acquisition Corporation ("Hudson"),
pursuant to which RSI will merge with and into Hudson (the "Merger"). As a
result of the Merger, each outstanding share of RSI's common stock, par value
$.10 per share ("RSI Common Stock"), will be converted into the right to receive
0.84 shares of common stock of JP, par value $.01 per share ("JP Common Stock").
The Merger is conditioned upon, among other things, approval by Stockholders of
each of JP and RSI, regulatory approvals (including the expiration or
termination of the waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended), and certain other
customary conditions. The Merger is expected to be completed before the end of
1997. The Merger Agreement is attached as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
On June 30, 1997, RSI and JP issued a press release relating to the Merger
Agreement and the related transactions. A copy of the Press Release is attached
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
As a condition to entering into the Merger Agreement on June 30, 1997, RSI
and JP entered into a Stock Option Agreement (the "RSI Stock Option Agreement")
between RSI, as issuer, and JP, as grantee, pursuant to which RSI granted to JP
the right, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase up to
19.9% of the outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock at a price of $25.305 per
share. The RSI Stock Option Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, and is
hereby incorporated herein by reference. Also as a condition to entering into
the Merger Agreement, JP and RSI entered into a Stock Option Agreement (the "JP
Stock Option Agreement") by and between JP, as issuer and RSI, as grantee,
pursuant to which JP granted to RSI the right, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein, to purchase up to 19.9% of the outstanding shares
of JP Common Stock at a price of $30.125 per share. The JP Stock Option
Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.3 hereto, and is hereby incorporated herein
by reference.
Certain stockholders of RSI holding in the aggregate approximately 36.4% of
the outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock on the date of the Merger Agreement
have entered into a support agreement (the "Support Agreement") with JP,
pursuant to which, among other things, such stockholders have agreed to vote
their shares of RSI Common Stock in favor of the approval and adoption of the
Merger Agreement. The support Agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.4 hereto and
is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with entering into the Merger Agreement and other agreements
related to the proposed Merger as described herein, RSI amended its Rights
Agreement. The Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997,
between RSI and ChaseMellon Shareholders Services L.L.C., as successor in
interest to Chemical Bank, as
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Right Agent is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated herein
by reference.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
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The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and among the
Registrant, JP Foodservice, Inc. and Hudson Acquisition Corporation
4.1 Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of June 30, 1997, between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholders Services L.L.C., as successor in
interest to Chemical Bank, as Rights Agent
99.1 Press Release
99.2 Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between the
Registrant, as issuer, and JP Foodservice, Inc. as grantee.
99.3 Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between JP
Foodservice, Inc., as issuer, and the Registrant as grantee.
99.4 Support Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between JP
Foodservice, Inc., on the one hand, and those stockholders of RSI set forth
on the signature pages thereto, and acknowledged by RSI.
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Rykoff-Sexton has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By /s/ David F. McAnally
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David F. McAnally
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Date: July 9, 1997
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and among the
Registrant, JP Foodservice, Inc. and Hudson Acquisition Corporation
4.1 Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of June 30, 1997, between the
Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholders Services L.L.C., as successor in
interest to Chemical Bank, as Rights Agent
99.1 Press Release
99.2 Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between the
Registrant, as issuer, and JP Foodservice, Inc. as grantee.
99.3 Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between JP
Foodservice, Inc., as issuer, and the Registrant as grantee.
99.4 Support Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between JP
Foodservice, Inc., on the one hand, and those stockholders of RSI set forth
on the signature pages thereto, and acknowledged by RSI.
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Exhibit 2.1
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.,
HUDSON ACQUISITION CORP.
AND
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 1997
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ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
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SECTION 1.1. The Merger.................................................. 2
SECTION 1.2. Closing..................................................... 2
SECTION 1.3. Effective Time.............................................. 2
SECTION 1.4. Effects of the Merger....................................... 2
SECTION 1.5. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
of the Surviving Corporation and JPFI....................... 3
SECTION 1.6. Directors and Officers...................................... 3
SECTION 1.7. Reservation of Right to Revise
Transaction................................................. 5
ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS;
EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.1. Effect on Capital Stock..................................... 5
SECTION 2.2. Exchange of Certificates.................................... 8
SECTION 2.3. Certain Adjustments......................................... 12
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties of RSI....................... 12
(a) Organization, Standing and
Corporate Power........................................ 12
(b) Subsidiaries........................................... 13
(c) Capital Structure...................................... 13
(d) Authority; Noncontravention............................ 15
(e) SEC Documents; Undisclosed
Liabilities............................................ 17
(f) Information Supplied................................... 17
(g) Absence of Certain Changes or Events................... 18
(h) Compliance with Applicable Laws;
Litigation............................................. 19
(i) Absence of Changes in Benefit Plans.................... 20
(j) ERISA Compliance....................................... 20
(k) Taxes.................................................. 22
(l) Voting Requirements.................................... 23
(m) State Takeover Statutes;
Certain Provisions of RSI
Certificate............................................ 23
(n) Accounting Matters..................................... 24
(o) Brokers................................................ 24
(p) Opinion of Financial Advisor........................... 24
(q) Ownership of JPFI Common Stock......................... 25
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(r) Intellectual Property................................. 25
(s) Certain Contracts..................................... 25
(t) RSI Rights Agreement.................................. 26
(u) Environmental Liability............................... 26
SECTION 3.2. Representations and Warranties of JPFI..................... 27
(a) Organization, Standing and Corporate
Power................................................. 27
(b) Subsidiaries.......................................... 27
(c) Capital Structure..................................... 28
(d) Authority; Noncontravention........................... 29
(e) SEC Documents; Undisclosed
Liabilities........................................... 31
(f) Information Supplied.................................. 32
(g) Absence of Certain Changes or Events.................. 32
(h) Compliance with Applicable Laws;
Litigation............................................ 33
(i) Absence of Changes in Benefit Plans................... 34
(j) ERISA Compliance...................................... 34
(k) Taxes................................................. 36
(l) Voting Requirements................................... 37
(m) State Takeover Statutes;
Certificate of Incorporation.......................... 37
(n) Accounting Matters.................................... 37
(o) Brokers............................................... 38
(p) Opinion of Financial Advisors......................... 38
(q) Ownership of RSI Common Stock......................... 38
(r) Intellectual Property................................. 38
(s) Certain Contracts..................................... 39
(t) JPFI Rights Agreement................................. 39
(u) Environmental Liability............................... 40
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
SECTION 4.1. Conduct of Business........................................ 40
SECTION 4.2. No Solicitation or Negotiations............................ 45
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 5.1. Preparation of the Form S-4 and the Joint
Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meetings..................... 46
SECTION 5.2. Letters of RSI's Accountants............................... 47
SECTION 5.3. Letters of JPFI's Accountants.............................. 48
SECTION 5.4. Access to Information; Confidentiality..................... 48
SECTION 5.5. Best Efforts............................................... 49
SECTION 5.6. Employment Agreements...................................... 50
SECTION 5.7. Indemnification, Exculpation and
Insurance.................................................. 50
SECTION 5.8. Fees and Expenses.......................................... 51
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SECTION 5.9. Public Announcements...................................... 52
SECTION 5.10. Affiliates................................................ 52
SECTION 5.11. NYSE Listing.............................................. 52
SECTION 5.12. Tax Treatment............................................. 53
SECTION 5.13. Pooling of Interests...................................... 53
SECTION 5.14. Standstill Agreements; Confidentiality
Agreements................................................ 53
SECTION 5.15. Post-Merger Operations.................................... 53
SECTION 5.16. Conveyance Taxes.......................................... 53
SECTION 5.17 8 7/8% Indenture.......................................... 53
SECTION 5.18 Certain Tax Matters....................................... 54
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SECTION 6.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to
Effect the Merger......................................... 54
SECTION 6.2. Conditions to Obligations of JPFI......................... 56
SECTION 6.3. Conditions to Obligations of RSI.......................... 56
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 7.1. Termination............................................... 57
SECTION 7.2. Effect of Termination..................................... 59
SECTION 7.3. Amendment................................................. 59
SECTION 7.4. Extension; Waiver......................................... 59
SECTION 7.5. Termination Expenses...................................... 60
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.1. Nonsurvival of Representations and
Warranties............................................... 60
SECTION 8.2. Notices.................................................. 61
SECTION 8.3. Definitions.............................................. 61
SECTION 8.4. Interpretation........................................... 62
SECTION 8.5. Counterparts............................................. 63
SECTION 8.6. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries............................................ 63
SECTION 8.7. Governing Law............................................ 63
SECTION 8.8. Assignment............................................... 63
SECTION 8.9. Consent to Jurisdiction.................................. 63
SECTION 8.10. Headings, Etc............................................ 64
SECTION 8.11. Severability............................................. 64
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Exhibit A Form of RSI Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit B Form of JPFI Stock Option Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Support Agreement
Exhibit D Form of JPFI Affiliate Letter
Exhibit E Form of RSI Affiliate Letter
Exhibit F Form of Amendment to Amended and Restated By-Laws of JPFI
Exhibit G Form of Employment Agreement with Mark Van Stekelenburg
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of June 30, 1997, among JP
FOODSERVICE, INC., a Delaware corporation ("JPFI"), HUDSON ACQUISITION CORP.
("Merger Sub"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPFI,
and RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC., a Delaware corporation ("RSI").
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of JPFI, Merger Sub and
RSI have each approved the merger of RSI with and into Merger Sub (the
"Merger"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, whereby each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value
$.10 per share, of RSI ("RSI Common Stock", which reference shall be deemed to
include the associated RSI Rights (as defined in Section 3.1(c) attached
thereto), other than shares owned by JPFI or RSI, will be converted into the
right to receive the Merger Consideration (as defined in Section 1.7); and
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of JPFI, Merger Sub and
RSI have each determined that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby are consistent with, and in furtherance of, their respective business
strategies and goals and are in the best interests of their respective
stockholders; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to, and on the date immediately following, the
execution of this Agreement, JPFI and RSI will enter into a stock option
agreement (the "RSI Option Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit A and a stock
option agreement (the "JPFI Option Agreement" and, together with the RSI Option
Agreement, the "Option Agreements") attached hereto as Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, for federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the
Merger will qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and
WHEREAS, for financial accounting purposes, it is intended that the
Merger will be accounted for as a pooling of interests transaction under United
States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to, and immediately following, the execution
of this Agreement, JPFI and certain stockholders of RSI will enter into, and RSI
will execute an acknowledgment to, a support agreement (the "Support Agreement")
attached hereto as Exhibit C; and
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WHEREAS, JPFI and RSI desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to
prescribe various conditions to the Merger;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
SECTION 1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), RSI shall be merged with and into Merger
Sub at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3). Following the Effective
Time, the separate corporate existence of RSI shall cease and Merger Sub shall
be the surviving corporation (the "Surviving Corporation") and shall succeed to
and assume all the rights and obligations of RSI in accordance with the DGCL.
SECTION 1.2. Closing. The closing of the Merger (the "Closing") will
take place at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on a date to be specified by the
parties (the "Closing Date"), which shall be no later than the second business
day after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI,
unless another time or date is agreed to by the parties hereto. The Closing
will be held at such location in the City of New York as is agreed to by the
parties hereto.
SECTION 1.3. Effective Time. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, the parties shall cause
the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger or other
appropriate documents (in any such case, the "Certificate of Merger") executed
in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and shall make all other
filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger shall become
effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware, or at such subsequent date or time as JPFI and
RSI shall agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger (the time the Merger
becomes effective being hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Time").
SECTION 1.4. Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the
effects set forth in Section 259 of the DGCL.
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SECTION 1.5. Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the
Surviving Corporation and JPFI. (a) At the Effective Time, the Certificate of
Incorporation and the by-laws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the
Surviving Corporation, in each case until thereafter amended in accordance with
applicable law; provided, however, that Article First of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to read as follows:
The name of the Corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the
"Corporation") is Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
(b) At the Effective Time, the by-laws of JPFI shall be amended as
set forth in Exhibit F and, as so amended, such by-laws shall be the by-laws of
JPFI until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable
law.
SECTION 1.6. Directors and Officers. (a) As of the Effective Time,
James L. Miller shall be Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPFI and Mark
Van Stekelenburg shall be Vice Chairman and President of JPFI and, subject to
Section 1.6(b), shall be nominated for election to the class of directors of the
JPFI Board of Directors whose terms shall expire in 1998.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, JPFI shall (i) increase the number
of members of the Board of Directors of JPFI to 17; (ii) take such action as may
be necessary such that the Board of Directors of JPFI, immediately following the
Effective Time, is comprised of (A) nine individuals, including each of the
incumbent members of the JPFI Board of Directors (or their replacements), no
fewer than five of whom shall be outside directors, as selected by JPFI prior to
the Effective Time, plus (B) seven individuals, no fewer than four of whom shall
be outside directors, two of whom shall be individuals designated by Merrill
Lynch Capital Partners, Inc., one of whom shall be Mark Van Stekelenburg, and
four of whom shall be current incumbents of the RSI Board of Directors who are
not employees of RSI or its subsidiaries or affiliated with Merrill Lynch
Capital Partners Inc. to be selected by RSI prior to the Effective Time, and (C)
one additional person to be designated by the Chairman of JPFI following the
Merger; provided that no person shall be deemed not to be an outside director
for purposes of this Section 1.6(b) solely because such person is or has been an
ML Director (as defined in Section 3.1(d)); and (iii) take such action as may be
necessary such that two of the three classes of the JPFI Board of Directors
shall be comprised of six directors each, three of whom shall be incumbent
directors of the
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JPFI Board of Directors pursuant to clause (ii)(A) of this Section 1.6(b) and
three of whom shall be designated as directors by RSI pursuant to clause (ii)(B)
of this Section 1.6(b), and the third class of the JPFI Board of Directors shall
be comprised of five directors, three of whom shall be incumbent directors of
the JPFI Board of Directors pursuant to clause (ii)(A) of this Section 1.6(b),
one of whom shall be designated as a director by RSI pursuant to clause (ii)(B)
of this Section 1.6(b) and one of whom shall be designated as a director by the
Chairman of JPFI pursuant to clause (ii)(C) of this Section 1.6(b). The two
directors who shall be designated by Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. shall
be appointed, one each, to the class of directors whose terms expire in 1999 and
2000, respectively. Of the four directors to be selected by RSI pursuant to
clause (ii)(B) of the first sentence of this Section 1.6(b), James I. Maslon
shall be appointed to the class of directors whose terms expire in 1998, and
Bernard Sweet shall be appointed to the class of directors whose terms expire in
1999.
(c) As of the Effective Time, the JPFI Board of Directors shall
initially have three committees, as follows: an audit committee, a compensation
committee and a nominating committee. Each committee will be comprised of four
directors, two of whom shall be designated by JPFI, one of whom shall be
designated by RSI and one of whom shall be designated by mutual agreement of
JPFI and RSI. The initial chairman of each of the of the audit committee, the
compensation committee and the nominating committee shall be, until such
chairman's replacement is duly designated by the JPFI Board of Directors, the
JPFI director who is currently the incumbent chairman of such committee;
provided, however, that in the event any of such chairs becomes vacant for any
reason prior to the Effective Time, the chairman shall be the person thereafter
designated by the JPFI Board of Directors pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws of JPFI. One member of the nominating committee of the
JPFI Board of Directors (and of an executive committee thereof, if such a
committee is established) shall be designated by Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc. as RSI's designee thereon.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 1.6(a), the directors and officers
of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial
directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in
accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Surviving
Corporation.
(e) It is currently contemplated that the first three vacancies on
the JPFI Board of Directors to occur following the Effective Time shall not be
filled, but that in each
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case the number of directors shall be reduced, so that the total number of
directors constituting the JPFI Board of Directors shall thereafter be 14.
SECTION 1.7. Reservation of Right to Revise Transaction. If each of
RSI, Merger Sub and JPFI agree, the parties hereto, prior to the receipt of the
RSI Stockholder Approval and the JPFI Stockholder Approval (each as defined
herein), may change the method of effecting the business combination between
JPFI and RSI, and each party shall cooperate in such efforts, including to
provide for (a) a merger of RSI with and into JPFI, or (b) mergers (to occur
substantially simultaneously) of separate subsidiaries of a Delaware corporation
jointly formed by JPFI and RSI for such purpose into each of JPFI and RSI;
provided, however, that no such change shall (i) alter or change the amount or
kind of consideration to be issued to holders of RSI Common Stock as provided
for in this Agreement (the "Merger Consideration"), other than, in the case of
clause (b) above, the identity of the issuer thereof, (ii) adversely affect the
proposed accounting treatment for the Merger or the tax treatment to JPFI, RSI
or their respective stockholders as a result of receiving the Merger
Consideration, or (iii) materially delay receipt of any approval referred to in
Section 6.1(c) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS;
EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
SECTION 2.1. Effect on Capital Stock. As of the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, RSI or
the holder of any shares of the following securities:
(a) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and JPFI-Owned Stock. Each share
of RSI Common Stock that is owned by RSI, Merger Sub or JPFI shall automatically
be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be
delivered in exchange therefor.
(b) Conversion of RSI Common Stock. Subject to Section 2.2(e), each
issued and outstanding share of RSI Common Stock (other than shares to be
cancelled in accordance with Section 2.1(a)) shall be converted into the right
to receive
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0.84 (the "Exchange Ratio") validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("JPFI Common Stock"), of JPFI. As of
the Effective Time, all such shares of RSI Common Stock shall no longer be
outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to
exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any such shares of RSI
Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the
right to receive the Merger Consideration and any cash in lieu of fractional
shares of JPFI Common Stock to be issued or paid in consideration therefor upon
surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 2.2, without interest.
(c) Conversion of Merger Sub Common Stock. Each share of common
stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Merger Sub ("Merger Sub Common Stock")
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain
outstanding as a validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) JPFI Common Stock. At and after the Effective Time, each share of
JPFI Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date
shall remain an issued and outstanding share of common stock of JPFI and shall
not be affected by the Merger.
(e) Options and Warrants. (i) RSI will take all action necessary such
that, at the Effective Time, each option granted by RSI to purchase shares of
RSI Common Stock which is outstanding and exercisable immediately prior thereto
shall cease to represent a right to acquire shares of RSI Common Stock and shall
be converted into an option to purchase shares of JPFI Common Stock in an amount
and at an exercise price determined as provided below (and otherwise, in the
case of options, subject to the terms of the RSI Stock Plans (as defined in
Section 3.1(c)) and the agreements evidencing grants thereunder) (the "Assumed
Options"):
(1) The number of shares of JPFI Common Stock to be subject to
the new option shall be equal to the product of the number of shares
of RSI Common Stock subject to the original option and the Exchange
Ratio, provided that any fractional shares of JPFI Common Stock
resulting from such multiplication shall be rounded to the nearest
whole share; and
(2) The exercise price per share of JPFI Common Stock under the
new option shall be equal to the exercise price per share of RSI
Common Stock under the
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original option divided by the Exchange Ratio, provided that such
exercise price shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent.
(ii) The adjustment provided herein with respect to any options that
are "incentive stock options" (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) shall be
and is intended to be effected in a manner that is consistent with Section
424(a) of the Code. The duration and other terms of the new options shall be the
same as the original options except that all references to RSI shall be deemed
to be references to JPFI.
(iii) At the Effective Time, the warrants, dated May 17, 1996,
between RSI and each of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America,
the Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. and Dresdner Bank AG (each, an "Assumed Warrant")
shall be assumed by JPFI and shall constitute a warrant to acquire, otherwise on
the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Assumed Warrant, a
number of shares of JPFI Common Stock equal to the number of JPFI Common Shares
that a holder of such Assumed Warrant would have received in the Merger if such
holder had exercised such Assumed Warrant for shares of RSI Common Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time, at a price per share equal to the
aggregate exercise price for the shares of RSI Common Stock subject thereto
divided by the number of JPFI Common Shares that a holder of such Assumed
Warrant would have received in the Merger if such holder had exercised such
Assumed Warrant for shares of RSI Common Stock immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(iv) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, JPFI shall
deliver, upon due surrender of the Assumed Options and Assumed Warrants, to
holders of Assumed Options and Assumed Warrants appropriate option and warrant
agreements representing the right to acquire JPFI Common Stock on the same terms
and conditions as contained in the Assumed Options and Assumed Warrants (except
as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.1(e)). Except as expressly contemplated
herein, JPFI shall comply with the terms of the RSI Stock Plans as they apply to
the Assumed Options. JPFI shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve
for issuance a sufficient number of shares of JPFI Common Stock for delivery
upon exercise of the Assumed Options and Assumed Warrants in accordance with
this Section 2.1(e). JPFI shall file a registration statement on Form S-8 (or
any successor form) or on another appropriate form, effective as of, or
reasonably promptly following, the Effective Time, with respect to JPFI Common
Stock subject to the Assumed
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Options and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the
effectiveness of such registration statement or registration statements (and
maintain the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses contained therein)
for so long as the Assumed Options remain outstanding and exercisable. With
respect to those individuals who, subsequent to the Effective Time, will be
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, JPFI
shall administer the Hudston Stock Plans, where applicable, in a manner that
complies with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
SECTION 2.2. Exchange of Certificates. (a) Exchange Agent. As of the
Effective Time, JPFI shall enter into an agreement with such bank or trust
company as may be designated by JPFI and reasonably satisfactory to RSI (the
"Exchange Agent") which shall provide that JPFI shall deposit with the Exchange
Agent as of the Effective Time, for the benefit of the holders of shares of RSI
Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article II, through the
Exchange Agent, certificates representing the shares of JPFI Common Stock (such
shares of JPFI Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with
respect thereto with a record date after the Effective Time, any Excess Shares
(as defined in Section 2.2(e)) and any cash (including cash proceeds from the
sale of the Excess Shares) payable in lieu of any fractional shares of JPFI
Common Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund") issuable
pursuant to Section 2.1 in exchange for outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a
certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock (the "Certificates") whose
shares were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.1, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that
delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall
pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and shall be
in such form and have such other provisions as JPFI and RSI may reasonably
specify) and (ii) instructions for use in surrendering the Certificates in
exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for
cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the
Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in
exchange therefor a certificate representing that number of whole shares of JPFI
Common Stock
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which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of this
Article II, certain dividends or other distributions in accordance with Section
2.2(c) and cash in lieu of any fractional share of JPFI Common Stock in
accordance with Section 2.2(e), and the Certificate so surrendered shall
forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, no certificate representing JPFI Common Stock or cash in lieu of a
fractional share interest shall be delivered to a person who is an affiliate of
RSI for purposes of qualifying the Merger for pooling of interests accounting
treatment under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles Board and applicable
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules and regulations, unless such
person has executed and delivered an agreement in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
In the event of a surrender of a Certificate representing shares of RSI Common
Stock which are not registered in the transfer records of RSI under the name of
the person surrendering such Certificate, a certificate representing the proper
number of shares of JPFI Common Stock may be issued to a person other than the
person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if such
Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for
transfer and the person requesting such issuance shall pay any transfer or other
taxes required by reason of the issuance of shares of JPFI Common Stock to a
person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the
satisfaction of JPFI that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate shall be
deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to
receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration which the holder thereof
has the right to receive in respect of such Certificate pursuant to the
provisions of this Article II, certain dividends or other distributions in
accordance with Section 2.2(c) and cash in lieu of any fractional share of JPFI
Common Stock in accordance with Section 2.2(e). No interest shall be paid or
will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Certificates pursuant to the
provisions of this Article II.
(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares. No dividends or
other distributions with respect to JPFI Common Stock with a record date after
the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate
with respect to the shares of JPFI Common Stock represented thereby, and, in the
case of Certificates representing RSI Common Stock, no cash payment in lieu of
fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 2.2(e),
and all such dividends, other distributions and cash in lieu of fractional
shares of JPFI Common Stock shall be paid by JPFI to the Exchange Agent and
shall be included in the Exchange Fund, in each case until the surrender of such
Certificate in accordance
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with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable escheat or similar
laws, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid to the
holder of the certificate representing whole shares of JPFI Common Stock issued
in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of such surrender, the
amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the
Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of JPFI Common
Stock and, in the case of Certificates representing RSI Common Stock, the amount
of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of JPFI Common Stock to which
such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2(e) and (ii) at the appropriate
payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date
after the Effective Time and with a payment date subsequent to such surrender
payable with respect to such whole shares of JPFI Common Stock.
(d) No Further Ownership Rights in RSI Common Stock. All shares of
JPFI Common Stock issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates in
accordance with the terms of this Article II (including any cash paid pursuant
to this Article II) shall be deemed to have been issued (and paid) in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of RSI Common Stock
theretofore represented by such Certificates, subject, however, to the Surviving
Corporation's obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions
with a record date prior to the Effective Time which may have been declared or
made by RSI on such shares of RSI Common Stock which remain unpaid at the
Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the
stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of RSI Common
Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after
the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to JPFI, the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and
exchanged as provided in this Article II, except as otherwise provided by law.
(e) No Fractional Shares. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional
shares of JPFI Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of
Certificates, no dividend or distribution of JPFI shall relate to such
fractional share interests and such fractional share interests will not entitle
the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a stockholder of JPFI. In lieu of
the issuance of such fractional shares, JPFI shall pay each former holder of RSI
Common Stock an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A)
the fractional share interest to which such former holder (after taking into
account all shares of RSI Common Stock held at the Effective Time by such
holder) would otherwise be entitled by (B) the average of the closing prices of
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the JPFI Common Stock as reported on the NYSE Composite Reporting Tape (as
reported in The Wall Street Journal, or, if not reported therein, any other
authoritative source) during the ten trading days preceding the fifth trading
day prior to the Closing Date (such average, the "Average JPFI Price").
(ii) As soon as practicable after the determination of the amount of
cash, if any, to be paid to holders of Certificates formerly representing RSI
Common Stock with respect to any fractional share interests, the Exchange Agent
shall make available such amounts to such holders of Certificates formerly
representing RSI Common Stock subject to and in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.2(c).
(f) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund
which remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates for six months
after the Effective Time shall be delivered to JPFI, upon demand, and any
holders of the Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Article
II shall thereafter look only to JPFI for payment of their claim for Merger
Consideration, any dividends or distributions with respect to JPFI Common Stock
and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of JPFI Common Stock.
(g) No Liability. None of JPFI, RSI, Merger Sub, the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of
any shares of JPFI Common Stock, any dividends or distributions with respect
thereto, any cash in lieu of fractional shares of JPFI Common Stock or any cash
from the Exchange Fund, in each case delivered to a public official pursuant to
any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(h) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest any
cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by JPFI, on a daily basis. Any
interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to JPFI.
(i) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such
reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against
any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the
Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate the Merger Consideration and, if applicable, any unpaid dividends
and distributions on shares of JPFI Common Stock deliverable in
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respect thereof and any cash in lieu of fractional shares, in each case pursuant
to this Agreement.
SECTION 2.3. Certain Adjustments. If between the date hereof and the
Effective Time, the outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock or of JPFI Common
Stock shall be changed into a different number of shares by reason of any
reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination or exchange of shares,
or any dividend payable in stock or other securities shall be declared thereon
with a record date within such period, the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted
accordingly to provide to the holders of RSI Common Stock the same economic
effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such reclassification,
recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange or dividend.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties of RSI. Except as
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule delivered by RSI to JPFI prior to the
execution of this Agreement (the "RSI Disclosure Schedule") and making reference
to the particular subsection of this Agreement to which exception is being
taken, RSI represents and warrants to JPFI as follows:
(a) Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. (i) Each of RSI and
its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 8.3) is a corporation or other legal
entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (with respect to
jurisdictions which recognize such concept) under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which it is organized and has the requisite corporate or other power, as the
case may be, and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted,
except, as to subsidiaries, for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so
organized, existing or in good standing individually or in the aggregate would
not have a material adverse effect (as defined in Section 8.3) on RSI. Each of
RSI and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in
good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize such concept) in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing
or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed
or to be in good standing individually or in the aggregate would not have a
material adverse effect on RSI.
(ii) RSI has delivered to JPFI prior to the execution of this
Agreement complete and correct copies of any amendments
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to its certificate of incorporation (the "RSI Certificate") and by-laws not
filed as of the date hereof with the RSI Filed SEC Documents (as defined in
Section 3.1(g)).
(iii) In all material respects, the minute books of RSI and its
subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect all
other actions taken by the stockholders, the Board of Directors and all
committees of the Board of Directors of RSI (or, as the case may be, each of its
subsidiaries) since January 1, 1995.
(b) Subsidiaries. Exhibit 21 to RSI's Annual Report on Form 10- K for
the fiscal year ended April 27, 1996 includes all the subsidiaries of RSI which
as of the date of this Agreement are Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC). All the outstanding shares of capital
stock of, or other equity interests in, each such Significant Subsidiary have
been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly
or indirectly by RSI, free and clear of all pledges, claims, liens, charges,
encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Liens") and free of any other restriction (including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital
stock or other ownership interests), other than Liens and restrictions imposed
by RSI's debt agreements included as exhibits to the RSI Filed SEC Documents.
(c) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of RSI consists
of 40,000,000 shares of RSI Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $.10 per share ("RSI Preferred Stock"). At the close of
business on June 25, 1997: (i) 27,969,503 shares of RSI Common Stock were issued
and outstanding; (ii) 271,020 shares of RSI Common Stock were held by RSI in its
treasury; (iii) no shares of RSI Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding;
(iv) 1,479,113 shares of RSI Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to
all stock option, restricted stock or other stock-based compensation, benefits
or savings plans, agreements or arrangements in which current or former
employees or directors of RSI or its subsidiaries participate as of the date
hereof (including, without limitation, the 1980 Stock Option Plan, the 1988
Stock Option and Compensation Plan, the RSI 1989 Director Stock Option Plan, the
RSI 1993 Director Stock Option Plan, the 1995 Key Employees Stock Option and
Compensation Plan, the RSI Convertible Award Plan (Officer and Key Employee
Edition), the RSI Convertible Award Plan (Director Edition), the Amended and
Restated Management Stock Option Plan of WS Holdings Corporation, the Amended
and Restated US Foodservice Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan and the Amended and
Restated US Foodservice Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan), complete and correct
copies of which, in each case as
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amended as of the date hereof, have been filed as exhibits to the RSI Filed SEC
Documents or delivered to JPFI (such plans, collectively, the "RSI Stock
Plans"); (v) 331,761 shares of RSI Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon
conversion of the Assumed Warrants and (vi) 125,000 shares of RSI Preferred
Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of preferred stock purchase
rights (the "RSI Rights") issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement, dated as of May 15, 1996, by and between RSI and ChaseMellon
Shareholder Services L.L.C., as rights agent (as successor to Chemical Bank)
(the "RSI Rights Agreement"). Section 3.1(c) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a complete and correct list, as of June 27, 1997, of the number of shares
of RSI Common Stock subject to employee stock options or other rights to
purchase or receive RSI Common Stock granted under the RSI Stock Plans
(collectively, "RSI Employee Stock Options"), the dates of grant and exercise
prices thereof. All outstanding shares of capital stock of RSI are, and all
shares which may be issued will be, when issued, duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights.
Except as set forth in this Section 3.1(c) and except for changes since June 27,
1997 resulting from the issuance of shares of RSI Common Stock pursuant to the
RSI Employee Stock Options or as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (x)
there are not issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding (A) any shares of
capital stock or other voting securities of RSI, (B) any securities of RSI or
any RSI subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
capital stock or voting securities of RSI, (C) any warrants, calls, options or
other rights to acquire from RSI or any RSI subsidiary, and any obligation of
RSI or any RSI subsidiary to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or
voting securities of RSI, and (y) there are no outstanding obligations of RSI or
any RSI subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such
securities or to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold, any such securities. There are no outstanding (A) securities of RSI or any
RSI subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
capital stock or other voting securities or ownership interests in any RSI
subsidiary, (B) warrants, calls, options or other rights to acquire from RSI or
any RSI subsidiary, and any obligation of RSI or any RSI subsidiary to issue,
any capital stock, voting securities or other ownership interests in, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any capital
stock, voting securities or ownership interests in, any RSI subsidiary or (C)
obligations of RSI or any RSI subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any such outstanding securities of RSI subsidiaries or to issue, deliver
or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, any such securities.
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Except as described in Section 3.1(b), neither RSI nor any RSI subsidiary is a
party to any agreement restricting the purchase or transfer of, relating to the
voting of, requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive or, except as
provided by the terms of the RSI Employee Stock Options, antidilutive rights
with respect to, any securities of the type referred to in the two preceding
sentences. Other than the RSI subsidiaries, RSI does not directly or indirectly
beneficially own any securities or other beneficial ownership interests in any
other entity except for non-controlling investments made in the ordinary course
of business in entities which are not individually or in the aggregate material
to RSI and its subsidiaries as a whole.
(d) Authority; Noncontravention. RSI has all requisite corporate
power and authority to enter into this Agreement, each of the Option Agreements
and, subject, in the case of the Merger, to the RSI Stockholder Approval (as
defined in Section 3.1(l)), to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the Option
Agreements by RSI and the consummation by RSI of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of RSI, subject, in the case of the Merger, to the RSI Stockholder
Approval. This Agreement has been, and the Option Agreements will be, duly
executed and delivered by RSI and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by JPFI, constitutes (or will constitute, as the case may be)
the legal, valid and binding obligation of RSI, enforceable against RSI in
accordance with their terms. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does
not, and the execution and delivery of the Option Agreements and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the Option Agreements will not,
conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice
or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or
result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of RSI
or any of its subsidiaries or (assuming the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby without giving effect to Section 1.7) in any restriction on
the conduct of JPFI's business or operations under, (i) the RSI Certificate or
the by-laws of RSI or the comparable organizational documents of any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) except as contemplated by Section 5.17, any loan or credit
agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, trust document, lease or other
agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license or similar
authorization applicable to RSI or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
properties or assets or (iii) subject to the
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governmental filings and other matters referred to in the following sentence,
any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to RSI or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or
assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any such conflicts,
violations, defaults, rights, losses, restrictions or Liens that individually or
in the aggregate would not (x) have a material adverse effect on RSI or JPFI or
(y) reasonably be expected to impair the ability of RSI to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Option Agreements. No consent,
approval, order or authorization of, action by or in respect of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any federal, state, local or foreign
government, any court, administrative, regulatory or other governmental agency,
commission or authority or any nongovernmental self-regulatory agency,
commission or authority (a "Governmental Entity") is required by or with respect
to RSI or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or the Option Agreements by RSI or the consummation by RSI of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (1) the filing of a
pre-merger notification and report form by RSI under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"); (2) the filing
with the SEC of (A) a proxy statement relating to the RSI Stockholders Meeting
(as defined in Section 5.1(b)) (such proxy statement, together with the proxy
statement relating to the JPFI Stockholders Meeting (as defined in Section
5.1(c)), in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Joint
Proxy Statement"), and (B) such reports under Section 13(a), 13(d), 15(d) or
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Option Agreements and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (3) the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware and appropriate
documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which RSI is
qualified to do business and such filings with Governmental Entities to satisfy
the applicable requirements of state securities or "blue sky" laws; and (4) such
consents, approvals, orders or authorizations the failure of which to be made or
obtained individually or in the aggregate would not (x) have a material adverse
effect on RSI or (y) reasonably be expected to impair the ability of RSI to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. The entry into the Support
Agreement by the Stockholders (as defined in the Support Agreement) and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been approved by the
RSI Board of Directors in the manner contemplated by Section 3.1(a) of that
certain Standstill Agreement (the "Standstill Agreement"), dated as of May 17,
1996, by and
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between RSI and the ML Entities (as defined therein). The entry into this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been
agreed to by a majority of the ML Directors (as defined in the Standstill
Agreement) for all purposes of the Standstill Agreement as may be relevant to
effecting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Support
Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2.2(a) thereof).
(e) SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities. RSI has filed all
required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information
incorporated therein) with the SEC since December 31, 1994 (the "RSI SEC
Documents"). As of their respective dates, the RSI SEC Documents complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such RSI
SEC Documents, and none of the RSI SEC Documents when filed contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of RSI included in the RSI SEC Documents comply as to form, as of
their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the
SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be
indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial
position of RSI and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and
the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments). RSI has not treated as restructuring charges any significant
expenses that RSI would otherwise have expensed against operating income in the
ordinary course of business. Except (i) as reflected in such financial
statements or in the notes thereto or (ii) for liabilities incurred in
connection with this Agreement, the Option Agreements or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, neither RSI nor any of its subsidiaries has any
liabilities or obligations of any nature which, individually or in the
aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on RSI.
(f) Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be
supplied by RSI specifically for inclusion or
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incorporation by reference in (i) the registration statement on Form S-4 to be
filed with the SEC by JPFI in connection with the issuance of JPFI Common Stock
in the Merger (the "Form S-4") will, at the time the Form S-4 becomes effective
under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement
will, at the date it is first mailed to RSI's stockholders or at the time of the
RSI Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading. The Joint Proxy Statement will comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder, except that no representation or warranty is made by
RSI with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based
on information supplied by JPFI specifically for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Joint Proxy Statement.
(g) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except for liabilities
incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Option Agreements or the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and except as permitted by Section
4.1(a), since April 27, 1996, RSI and its subsidiaries have conducted their
business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice or as
disclosed in any RSI SEC Document filed since such date and prior to the date
hereof, and there has not been (i) any material adverse change (as defined in
Section 8.3) in RSI, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect
to any of RSI's capital stock, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification
of any of RSI's capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution
for shares of RSI's capital stock, except for issuances of RSI Common Stock upon
exercise or conversion of RSI Employee Stock Options, in each case awarded prior
to the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or issued pursuant to
Section 4.1(a), (iv)(A) any granting by RSI or any of its subsidiaries to any
current or former director, executive officer or other key employee of RSI or
its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits,
except for normal increases as a result of promotions, normal increases of base
pay in the ordinary course of business or as was required under any employment
agreements in effect as of April 27, 1996 or disclosed in Section 3.1(i) of the
RSI Disclosure Schedule, (B) any granting by RSI or any of its subsidiaries to
any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee of any
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increase in severance or termination pay, or (C) any entry by RSI or any of its
subsidiaries into, or any amendment of, any employment, deferred compensation,
consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such
current or former director, executive officer or key employee, (v) except
insofar as may have been disclosed in RSI SEC Documents filed and publicly
available prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended to the date hereof,
the "RSI Filed SEC Documents") or required by a change in GAAP, any change in
accounting methods, principles or practices by RSI materially affecting its
assets, liabilities or business, (vi) except insofar as may have been disclosed
in the RSI Filed SEC Documents, any tax election that individually or in the
aggregate would have a material adverse effect on RSI or any of its tax
attributes or any settlement or compromise of any material income tax liability,
or (vii) any action taken by RSI or any of the RSI subsidiaries during the
period from April 28, 1996 through the date of this Agreement that, if taken
during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time,
would constitute a breach of Section 4.1(a).
(h) Compliance with Applicable Laws; Litigation. (i) RSI, its
subsidiaries and employees hold all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions,
orders, registrations and approvals of all Governmental Entities which are
required for the operation of the businesses of RSI and its subsidiaries (the
"RSI Permits"), except where the failure to have any such RSI Permits
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
RSI. RSI and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of the RSI
Permits and all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations,
except where the failure so to comply individually or in the aggregate would not
have a material adverse effect on RSI. As of the date of this Agreement, except
as disclosed in the RSI Filed SEC Documents, no action, demand, requirement or
investigation by any Governmental Entity and no suit, action or proceeding by
any person, in each case with respect to RSI or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties, is pending or, to the knowledge (as defined in
Section 8.3) of RSI, threatened, other than, in each case, those the outcome of
which individually or in the aggregate would not (A) have a material adverse
effect on RSI or (B) reasonably be expected to impair the ability of RSI to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Option Agreements or prevent
or materially delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby.
(ii) Neither RSI nor any RSI subsidiary is subject to any
outstanding order, injunction or decree which has had or,
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insofar as can be reasonably foreseen, individually or in the aggregate will
have, a material adverse effect on RSI.
(i) Absence of Changes in Benefit Plans. RSI has delivered to JPFI
true and complete copies of (i) all severance and employment agreements of RSI
with directors, executive officers or key employees, (ii) all severance programs
and policies of each of RSI and each RSI subsidiary, and (iii) all plans or
arrangements of RSI and each RSI subsidiary relating to its employees which
contain change in control provisions, in each case which has not been filed as
an exhibit to a RSI Filed SEC Document. Since April 27, 1996, there has not been
any adoption or amendment in any material respect by RSI or any of its
subsidiaries of any collective bargaining agreement, employment agreement,
consulting agreement, severance agreement or any material bonus, pension, profit
sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock ownership, stock
purchase, stock option, phantom stock, retirement, vacation, severance,
disability, death benefit, hospitalization, medical or other plan, arrangement
or understanding providing benefits to any current or former employee, officer
or director of RSI or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the
"RSI Benefit Plans"), or any material change in any actuarial or other
assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any RSI pension
plans, or any material change in the manner in which contributions to any RSI
pension plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined.
Since April 27, 1996, neither RSI nor any RSI subsidiary has amended any RSI
Employee Stock Options or any RSI Stock Plans to accelerate the vesting of, or
release restrictions on, awards thereunder, or to provide for such acceleration
in the event of a change in control.
(j) ERISA Compliance. (i) With respect to the RSI Benefit Plans,
no event has occurred and, to the knowledge of RSI, there exists no condition or
set of circumstances, in connection with which RSI or any of its subsidiaries
could be subject to any liability that individually or in the aggregate would
have a material adverse effect on RSI under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), the Code or any other applicable
law.
(ii) Each RSI Benefit Plan has been administered in accordance with
its terms, except for any failures so to administer any RSI Benefit Plan that
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
RSI. RSI, its subsidiaries and all the RSI Benefit Plans have been operated, and
are, in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all
other applicable laws and the terms of all applicable collective bargaining
agreements, except for any
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failures to be in such compliance that individually or in the aggregate would
not have a material adverse effect on RSI. Each RSI Benefit Plan that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Code has received
a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") that
it is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any RSI Benefit
Plan that is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section
501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that such
trust is so exempt. To the knowledge of RSI, no fact or event has occurred since
the date of any determination letter from the IRS which is reasonably likely to
affect adversely the qualified status of any such RSI Benefit Plan or the exempt
status of any such trust.
(iii) Neither RSI nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any
unsatisfied liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course). No
RSI Benefit Plan has incurred an "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the
meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) whether or not
waived. To the knowledge of RSI, there are not any facts or circumstances that
would materially change the funded status of any RSI Benefit Plan that is a
"defined benefit" plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) since the date of
the most recent actuarial report for such plan. Each RSI Benefit Plan that is a
"multiemployer plan" within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA is set forth
on Section 3.1(j)(iii) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule.
(iv) With respect to each of the RSI Benefit Plans (other than any
multiemployer plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, the present value of
accrued benefits under each such plan, based upon the actuarial assumptions used
for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial report prepared by such plan's
actuary with respect to such plan, did not, as of its latest valuation date,
exceed the then current value of the aggregate assets of such plans allocable to
such accrued benefits in any material respect. With respect to any RSI Benefit
Plan that is a multiemployer plan, (A) neither RSI nor any of its subsidiaries
has any contingent liability under Section 4204 of ERISA, and no circumstances
exist that present a material risk that any such plan will go into
reorganization, and (B) the aggregate withdrawal liability of RSI and its
subsidiaries, computed as if a complete withdrawal by RSI and any of its
subsidiaries had occurred under each such RSI Benefit Plan on the date hereof,
would not be material.
(v) No RSI Benefit Plan provides medical benefits (whether or not
insured), with respect to current or former
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employees after retirement or other termination of service (other than coverage
mandated by applicable law or benefits, the full cost of which is borne by the
current or former employee) other than individual arrangements the amounts of
which are not material.
(vi) RSI has previously provided to JPFI a copy of each collective
bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by RSI
or any of its subsidiaries to which RSI or any of its subsidiaries is a party.
No collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated or renegotiated by RSI or
any of its subsidiaries. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no labor
dispute, strike or work stoppage against RSI or any of its subsidiaries pending
or, to the knowledge of RSI, threatened which may interfere with the respective
business activities of RSI or any of its subsidiaries, except where such
dispute, strike or work stoppage individually or in the aggregate would not have
a material adverse effect on RSI. As of the date of this Agreement, to the
knowledge of RSI, none of RSI, any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective representatives or employees has committed any material unfair labor
practice in connection with the operation of the respective businesses of RSI or
any of its subsidiaries, and there is no material charge or complaint against
RSI or any of its subsidiaries by the National Labor Relations Board or any
comparable governmental agency pending or threatened in writing.
(vii) No employee of RSI will be entitled to any material payment,
additional benefits or any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any
benefits under any RSI Benefit Plan as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (either alone or in conjunction with any other event such as a
termination of employment), except that substantially all RSI Employee Stock
Options will vest as of the date on which RSI Stockholder Approval is obtained.
(k) Taxes. (i) Each of RSI and its subsidiaries has filed all
material tax returns and reports required to be filed by it (taking into account
all applicable extensions) and all such returns and reports are complete and
correct in all material respects, or requests for extensions to file such
returns or reports have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, except
to the extent that such failures to file, to be complete or correct or to have
extensions granted that remain in effect individually or in the aggregate would
not have a material adverse effect on RSI. RSI and each of its subsidiaries has
paid (or RSI has paid or caused to be paid on its behalf) all taxes (as defined
herein) shown as due on such returns, and the most recent financial statements
contained in
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the RSI Filed SEC Documents reflect an adequate reserve in accordance with GAAP
for all taxes payable by RSI and its subsidiaries for all taxable periods and
portions thereof accrued through the date of such financial statements.
(ii) No deficiencies for any taxes have, to the knowledge of RSI,
been proposed, asserted or assessed against RSI or any of its subsidiaries that
are not adequately reserved for, except for deficiencies that individually or in
the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on RSI. The federal
income tax returns of RSI and each of its subsidiaries consolidated in such
returns for tax years through 1993 (1992 in the case of U.S. Foodservice and its
subsidiaries) have closed by virtue of the applicable statute of limitations.
(iii) Neither RSI nor any of its subsidiaries has taken any action or
knows of any fact, agreement, plan or other circumstance that is reasonably
likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(iv) As used in this Agreement, "taxes" shall include all (x)
federal, state, local or foreign income, property, sales, excise and other taxes
or similar governmental charges, including any interest, penalties or additions
with respect thereto, (y) liability for the payment of any amounts of the type
described in (x) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary group, and (z) liability for the payment of any amounts
described in (x) or (y) as a result of being party to any tax sharing agreement
or as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other
person with respect to the payment of any amounts of the type described in
clause (x) or (y).
(l) Voting Requirements. The affirmative vote at the RSI
Stockholders Meeting (the "RSI Stockholder Approval") of the holders of a
majority of all outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock to adopt this Agreement
is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of RSI's capital stock
necessary to approve and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger.
(m) State Takeover Statutes; Certain Provisions of RSI Certificate.
The Board of Directors of RSI has adopted a resolution or resolutions approving
this Agreement and the Option Agreements and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and, assuming the accuracy of JPFI's representation and
warranty contained in Section 3.2(q), (a) such approval constitutes approval of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the Option
Agreements by the RSI Board of
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Directors under (i) the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL such that Section
203 of the DGCL does not apply to this Agreement, the Option Agreements and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) Section A.2. of Article
Fourteenth of the RSI Certificate such that the 80% vote otherwise required by
Article Fourteenth does not apply to this Agreement, the Option Agreements or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; and (b) for purposes of Article
Twelfth of the RSI Certificate ("Article Twelfth"), such approval constitutes
approval of this Agreement and the Option Agreements and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (and the RSI Board of Directors has conclusively
determined, pursuant to Article Twelfth, that such agreements together
constitute the "memorandum of understanding" contemplated by Article Twelfth)
for purposes of Section B of Article Twelfth such that the 80% vote otherwise
required by Article Twelfth does not apply to this Agreement, the Option
Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. To the knowledge
of RSI, except for Section 203 of the DGCL (which has been rendered
inapplicable), no state takeover statute is applicable to the Merger or the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
(n) Accounting Matters. To its knowledge, neither RSI nor any of
its affiliates (as such term is used in Section 5.10) has taken or agreed to
take any action (including, without limitation, in connection with any RSI Stock
Plan or any agreement thereunder) that would prevent the business combination to
be effected by the Merger from being accounted for as a "pooling of interests"
and RSI has no reason to believe that the Merger will not qualify for "pooling
of interests" accounting.
(o) Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or
other person other than Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
("Merrill Lynch") and Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. ("Wasserstein"), the fees
and expenses of which will be paid by RSI, is entitled to any broker's,
finder's, financial advisor's or other similar fee or commission in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements
made by or on behalf of RSI. RSI has furnished to JPFI true and complete copies
of all agreements under which any such fees or expenses are payable and all
indemnification and other agreements related to the engagement of the persons to
whom such fees are payable.
(p) Opinions of Financial Advisors. RSI has received the opinions
of Merrill Lynch and Wasserstein, each dated the date of this Agreement, to the
effect that, as of such date, the Exchange Ratio for the conversion of RSI
Common Stock into JPFI Common Stock is fair from a financial point of
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view to holders of shares of RSI Common Stock (other than JPFI and its
affiliates), signed copies of which opinions have been delivered to JPFI, it
being understood and agreed by JPFI that such opinions are for the benefit of
the Board of Directors of RSI and may not be relied upon by JPFI, its affiliates
or any of their respective stockholders.
(q) Ownership of JPFI Common Stock. To the knowledge of RSI, as of
the date hereof (and before giving effect to the JPFI Option Agreement, which
will be entered into immediately after the execution of this Agreement), neither
RSI nor, to its knowledge without independent investigation, any of its
affiliates, (i) beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, or (ii) is party to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of, in
each case, shares of capital stock of JPFI.
(r) Intellectual Property. RSI and its subsidiaries own or have a
valid license to use all trademarks, service marks, trade names, patents and
copyrights (including any registrations or applications for registration of any
of the foregoing) (collectively, the "RSI Intellectual Property") necessary to
carry on its business substantially as currently conducted except for such RSI
Intellectual Property the failure of which to own or validly license
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
RSI. Neither RSI nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of infringement
of or conflict with, and, to RSI's knowledge, there are no infringements of or
conflicts (i) with the rights of others with respect to the use of, or (ii) by
others with respect to, any RSI Intellectual Property that individually or in
the aggregate, in either such case, would have a material adverse effect on RSI.
(s) Certain Contracts. Except as set forth in the RSI Filed SEC
Documents, neither RSI nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or bound by (i)
any "material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K of the SEC), (ii) any non-competition agreement or any other
agreement or obligation which purports to limit in any material respect the
manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any material portion of the
business of RSI and its subsidiaries (including, for purposes of this Section
3.1(s), JPFI and its subsidiaries, assuming the Merger has taken place), taken
as a whole, is or would be conducted, (iii) any exclusive supply or purchase
contracts or any exclusive requirements contracts or (iv) any contract or other
agreement which would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the
Merger or any
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of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (all contracts of the type
described in clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to herein as "RSI Material
Contracts"). RSI has delivered to JPFI, prior to the execution of this
Agreement, complete and correct copies of all RSI Material Contracts not filed
as exhibits to the RSI Filed SEC Documents. Each RSI Material Contract is valid
and binding on RSI (or, to the extent a RSI subsidiary is a party, such
subsidiary) and is in full force and effect, and RSI and each RSI subsidiary
have in all material respects performed all obligations required to be performed
by them to date under each RSI Material Contract, except where such
noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material
adverse effect on RSI. Neither RSI nor any RSI subsidiary knows of, or has
received notice of, any violation or default under (nor, to the knowledge of
RSI, does there exist any condition which with the passage of time or the giving
of notice or both would result in such a violation or default under) any RSI
Material Contract.
(t) RSI Rights Agreement. RSI has taken all action (including, if
required, redeeming all of the outstanding preferred stock purchase rights
issued pursuant to the RSI Rights Agreement or amending the RSI Rights
Agreement) so that the entering into of this Agreement, the RSI Option Agreement
and the Support Agreement, the Merger, the acquisition of shares pursuant to the
RSI Option Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
do not and will not result in the grant of any rights to any person under the
RSI Rights Agreement or enable or require the RSI Rights to be exercised,
distributed or triggered.
(u) Environmental Liability. There are no legal, administrative,
arbitral or other proceedings, claims, actions, causes of action, private
environmental investigations or remediation activities or governmental
investigations of any nature pending or threatened against RSI or any of its
subsidiaries seeking to impose, or that could reasonably be expected to result
in the imposition of, on RSI or any of its subsidiaries, any liability or
obligation arising under common law or under any local, state or federal
environmental statute, regulation or ordinance, including, without limitation,
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), which liability or obligation could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on RSI. To the knowledge of RSI,
there is no reasonable basis for any such proceeding, claim, action or
governmental investigation that would impose any liability or obligation that
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on RSI.
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SECTION 3.2. Representations and Warranties of JPFI and Merger Sub.
Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule delivered by JPFI and Merger Sub
to RSI prior to the execution of this Agreement (the "JPFI Disclosure Schedule")
and making reference to the particular subsection of this Agreement to which
exception is being taken, JPFI and Merger Sub jointly and severally represent
and warrant to RSI as follows:
(a) Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. (i) Each of JPFI and
its subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize
such concept) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and
has the requisite corporate or other power, as the case may be, and authority to
carry on its business as now being conducted, except, as to subsidiaries, for
those jurisdictions where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse
effect on JPFI. Each of JPFI and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed
to do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which
recognize such concept) in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business
or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for those jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing individually or
in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on JPFI.
(ii) JPFI has delivered to RSI prior to the execution of this
Agreement complete and correct copies of any amendments to its certificate of
incorporation (the "JPFI Certificate") and by-laws not filed as of the date
hereof with the JPFI Filed SEC Documents (as defined in Section 3.2(g)).
(iii) In all material respects, the minute books of JPFI and its
subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect all
other actions taken by the stockholders, the Board of Directors and all
committees of the Board of Directors of JPFI (or, as the case may be, each of
its subsidiaries) since January 1, 1995.
(b) Subsidiaries. Exhibit 21 to JPFI's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended June 29, 1996 includes all the subsidiaries of JPFI
which as of the date of this Agreement are Significant Subsidiaries. All the
outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each such
Significant Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by JPFI, free and clear of
all Liens and free of any other restriction (including any restriction on the
right to
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vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership
interests).
(c) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of JPFI consists
of 75,000,000 shares of JPFI Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share ("JPFI Preferred Stock"). At the close of
business on June 24, 1997: (i) 22,588,688.61 shares of JPFI Common Stock were
issued and outstanding (including shares of restricted JPFI Common Stock); (ii)
no shares of JPFI Common Stock were held by JPFI in its treasury; (iii) no
shares of JPFI Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; (iv) 4,264,329
shares of JPFI Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to all stock
option, restricted stock or other stock-based compensation, benefits or savings
plans, agreements or arrangements in which current or former employees or
directors of JPFI or its subsidiaries participate as of the date hereof,
including, without limitation, the JPFI 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, the JPFI
Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors and the JPFI 1994 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, complete and correct copies of which, in each case as amended as
of the date hereof, have been filed with the JPFI Filed SEC Documents or
delivered to RSI (such plans, collectively, the "JPFI Stock Plans"); and (v)
350,000 shares of JPFI Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise
of preferred share purchase rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 19, 1996, between JPFI and The Bank of New York, as rights
agent (the "JPFI Rights Agreement"). Section 3.2(c) of the JPFI Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list, as of June 24, 1997, of the
number of shares of JPFI Common Stock subject to employee stock options or other
rights to purchase or receive JPFI Common Stock granted under the JPFI Stock
Plans (collectively, "JPFI Employee Stock Options"), the dates of grant and
exercise prices thereof. All outstanding shares of capital stock of JPFI are,
and all shares which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise will
be, when issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and not subject to preemptive rights. Except as set forth in this Section
3.2(c), and except for changes since June 24, 1997 resulting from the issuance
of shares of JPFI Common Stock pursuant to the JPFI Employee Stock Options or as
expressly permitted by this Agreement, (x) there are not issued, reserved for
issuance or outstanding (A) any shares of capital stock or other voting
securities of JPFI, (B) any securities of JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock or
voting securities of JPFI, (C) any warrants, calls, options or other rights to
acquire from JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary, and any obligation of JPFI or any JPFI
subsidiary to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or
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exercisable for capital stock or voting securities of JPFI, and (y) there are no
outstanding obligations of JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any such securities or to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to
be issued, delivered or sold, any such securities. There are no outstanding (A)
securities of JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of capital stock or other voting securities or ownership
interests in any JPFI subsidiary, (B) warrants, calls, options or other rights
to acquire from JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary, and any obligation of JPFI or any
JPFI subsidiary to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or other
ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any capital stock, voting securities or ownership interests in,
any JPFI subsidiary or (C) obligations of JPFI or any JPFI subsidiary to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such outstanding securities of JPFI
subsidiaries or to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold, any such securities. Neither JPFI nor any JPFI subsidiary is a party to
any agreement restricting the purchase or transfer of, relating to the voting
of, requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive or, except as provided
by the terms of the JPFI Employee Stock Options, antidilutive rights with
respect to, any securities of the type referred to in the two preceding
sentences. Other than the JPFI subsidiaries, JPFI does not directly or
indirectly beneficially own any securities or other beneficial ownership
interests in any other entity except for non-controlling investments made in the
ordinary course of business in entities which are not individually or in the
aggregate material to JPFI and its subsidiaries as a whole.
(d) Authority; Noncontravention. Each of JPFI and Merger Sub has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and JPFI
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the Option
Agreements and the Support Agreement and, subject to the JPFI Stockholder
Approval (as defined in Section 3.2(l)), to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by
each of JPFI and Merger Sub, and the execution and delivery of the Option
Agreements and the Support Agreement by JPFI and the consummation by JPFI and
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of JPFI and Merger Sub,
subject, in the case of the Merger and the issuance of JPFI Common Stock in
connection with the Merger, to the JPFI Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has
been, and the Support Agreement and Option Agreements will be, duly executed and
delivered by JPFI (and, in the case of this Agreement, by Merger Sub) and,
assuming the due authorization,
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execution and delivery thereof by RSI, constitute (or will constitute, as the
case may be) the legal, valid and binding obligation of JPFI (and, in the case
of this Agreement, Merger Sub), enforceable against JPFI (and, in the case of
this Agreement, Merger Sub) in accordance with their terms. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement does not, and the execution and delivery of the
Option Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby and compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Support
Agreement and the Option Agreements will not, conflict with, or result in any
violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of
any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien
upon any of the properties or assets of JPFI or any of its subsidiaries or
(assuming the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby without
giving effect to Section 1.7) in any restriction on the conduct of JPFI's
business or operations under, (i) the JPFI Certificate or the by-laws of JPFI or
the comparable organizational documents of any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any
loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, trust document, lease
or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license or
similar authorization applicable to JPFI or any of its subsidiaries or their
respective properties or assets or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and
other matters referred to in the following sentence, any judgment, order,
decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to JPFI or any of
its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any such conflicts, violations, defaults,
rights, losses, restrictions or Liens that individually or in the aggregate
would not (x) have a material adverse effect on JPFI or (y) reasonably be
expected to impair the ability of JPFI or Merger Sub to perform its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of JPFI individually, under the Option
Agreements and the Support Agreement). No consent, approval, order or
authorization of, action by, or in respect of, or registration, declaration or
filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to JPFI or
any of its subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by JPFI and Merger Sub, or the execution and delivery by JPFI of the
Option Agreements and the Support Agreement, or the consummation by JPFI or
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for (1)
the filing of a pre-merger notification and report form by JPFI under the HSR
Act; (2) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Joint Proxy Statement relating to
the JPFI Stockholders Meeting, (B) the Form S-4 and (C) such reports under
Section 13(a), 13(d), 15(d) or 16(a) of the Exchange Act as may be required in
connection with this Agreement and the Option Agreements and the
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transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (3) the filing of the Certificate
of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware and appropriate documents with
the relevant authorities of other states in which JPFI is qualified to do
business and such filings with Governmental Entities to satisfy the applicable
requirements of state securities or "blue sky" laws; (4) such filings with and
approvals of the NYSE to permit the shares of JPFI Common Stock that are to be
issued in the Merger and under the RSI Stock Plans to be listed on the NYSE; and
(5) such consents, approvals, orders or authorizations the failure of which to
be made or obtained individually or in the aggregate would not (x) have a
material adverse effect on JPFI or (y) reasonably be expected to impair the
ability of JPFI or Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities. JPFI has filed all
required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information
incorporated therein) with the SEC since December 31, 1994 (the "JPFI SEC
Documents"). As of their respective dates, the JPFI SEC Documents complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to such JPFI SEC Documents, and none of the
JPFI SEC Documents when filed contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of JPFI included
in the JPFI SEC Documents comply as to form, as of their respective dates of
filing with the SEC, in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of
unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a
consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial position of JPFI
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated
results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). JPFI
has not treated as restructing charges any significant expenses that JPFI would
otherwise have expensed against operating income in the ordinary course of
business. Except (i) as reflected in such financial statements or in the notes
thereto or (ii) for liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement, the
Option Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or
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thereby, neither JPFI nor any of its subsidiaries has any liabilities or
obligations of any nature which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a
material adverse effect on JPFI.
(f) Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be
supplied by JPFI specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i)
the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 becomes effective under the
Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement will, at the
date it is first mailed to JPFI's stockholders or at the time of the JPFI
Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading. The Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement will comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no
representation or warranty is made by JPFI with respect to statements made or
incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by RSI
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 or the
Joint Proxy Statement.
(g) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except for liabilities
incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Option Agreements or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and except as permitted by Section
4.1(b), since June 29, 1996, JPFI and its subsidiaries have conducted their
business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice or as
disclosed in any JPFI SEC Document filed since such date and prior to the date
hereof, and there has not been (i) any material adverse change in JPFI, (ii) any
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of JPFI's capital
stock, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of JPFI's capital
stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other
securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of JPFI's
capital stock, except for issuances of JPFI Common Stock upon exercise or
conversion of JPFI Employee Stock Options, in each case awarded prior to the
date hereof in accordance with their present terms or issued pursuant to Section
4.1(b), (iv)(A) any granting by JPFI or any of its subsidiaries to any current
or former director, executive officer or other key employee of JPFI or its
subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, except
for normal increases as a result of promotions, normal increases of base pay in
the ordinary course of
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business or as was required under any employment agreements in effect as of June
29, 1996, (B) any granting by JPFI or any of its subsidiaries to any such
current or former director, executive officer or key employee of any increase in
severance or termination pay, or (C) any entry by JPFI or any of its
subsidiaries into, or any amendment of, any employment, deferred compensation,
consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such
current or former director, executive officer or key employee, (v) except
insofar as may have been disclosed in JPFI SEC Documents filed and publicly
available prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended to the date hereof,
the "JPFI Filed SEC Documents") or required by a change in GAAP, any change in
accounting methods, principles or practices by JPFI materially affecting its
assets, liabilities or business, (vi) except insofar as may have been disclosed
in the JPFI Filed SEC Documents, any tax election that individually or in the
aggregate would have a material adverse effect on JPFI or any of its tax
attributes or any settlement or compromise of any material income tax liability
or (vii) any action taken by JPFI or any of the JPFI subsidiaries during the
period from June 30, 1996 through the date of this Agreement that, if taken
during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time,
would constitute a breach of Section 4.1(b).
(h) Compliance with Applicable Laws; Litigation. (i) JPFI, its
subsidiaries and employees hold all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions,
orders, registrations and approvals of all Governmental Entities which are
required for the operation of the businesses of JPFI and its subsidiaries (the
"JPFI Permits") except where the failure to have any such JPFI Permits
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
JPFI. JPFI and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of the JPFI
Permits and all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations,
except where the failure so to comply individually or in the aggregate would not
have a material adverse effect on JPFI. As of the date of this Agreement, except
as disclosed in the JPFI Filed SEC Documents, no action, demand, requirement or
investigation by any Governmental Entity and no suit, action or proceeding by
any person, in each case with respect to JPFI or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties, is pending or, to the knowledge of JPFI,
threatened, other than, in each case, those the outcome of which individually or
in the aggregate would not (A) have a material adverse effect on JPFI or (B)
reasonably be expected to impair the ability of JPFI or Merger Sub to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or the Option Agreements or prevent or
materially delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby.
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(ii) Neither JPFI nor any JPFI subsidiary is subject to any
outstanding order, injunction or decree which has had or, insofar as can be
reasonably foreseen, individually or in the aggregate will have, a material
adverse effect on JPFI.
(i) Absence of Changes in Benefit Plans. JPFI has delivered to RSI
true and complete copies of (i) all severance and employment agreements of JPFI
with directors, executive officers or key employees, (ii) all severance programs
and policies of each of JPFI and each JPFI subsidiary, and (iii) all plans or
arrangements of JPFI and each JPFI subsidiary relating to its employees which
contain change in control provisions, in each case which has not been filed as
an exhibit to the JPFI Filed SEC Documents. Since June 29, 1996, there has not
been any adoption or amendment in any material respect by JPFI or any of its
subsidiaries of any collective bargaining agreement, employment agreement,
consulting agreement, severance agreement or any material bonus, pension, profit
sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock ownership, stock
purchase, stock option, phantom stock, retirement, vacation, severance,
disability, death benefit, hospitalization, medical or other plan, arrangement
or understanding providing benefits to any current or former employee, officer
or director of JPFI or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the
"JPFI Benefit Plans"), or any material change in any actuarial or other
assumption used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any JPFI
pension plans, or any material change in the manner in which contributions to
any JPFI pension plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are
determined. Since June 29, 1996, neither JPFI nor any JPFI subsidiary has
amended any JPFI Employee Stock Options or any JPFI Stock Plans to accelerate
the vesting of, or release restrictions on, awards thereunder, or to provide for
such acceleration in the event of a change in control.
(j) ERISA Compliance. (i) With respect to the JPFI Benefit Plans, no
event has occurred and, to the knowledge of JPFI, there exists no condition or
set of circumstances, in connection with which JPFI or any of its subsidiaries
could be subject to any liability that individually or in the aggregate would
have a material adverse effect on JPFI under ERISA, the Code or any other
applicable law.
(ii) Each JPFI Benefit Plan has been administered in accordance with
its terms, except for any failures so to administer any JPFI Benefit Plan that
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
JPFI. JPFI, its subsidiaries and all the JPFI Benefit Plans have been operated,
and are, in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all
other applicable laws and the terms
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of all applicable collective bargaining agreements, except for any failures to
be in such compliance that individually or in the aggregate would not have a
material adverse effect on JPFI. Each JPFI Benefit Plan that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the IRS that it is so qualified and each trust
established in connection with any JPFI Benefit Plan that is intended to be
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has
received a determination letter from the IRS that such trust is so exempt. To
the knowledge of JPFI, no fact or event has occurred since the date of any
determination letter from the IRS which is reasonably likely to affect adversely
the qualified status of any such JPFI Benefit Plan or the exempt status of any
such trust.
(iii) Neither JPFI nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any
unsatisfied liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course). No
JPFI Benefit Plan has incurred an "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the
meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) whether or not
waived. To the knowledge of JPFI, there are not any facts or circumstances that
would materially change the funded status of any JPFI Benefit Plan that is a
"defined benefit" plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) since the date of
the most recent actuarial report for such plan.
(iv) With respect to each of the JPFI Benefit Plans (other than any
multiemployer plan) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, the present value of
accrued benefits under each such plan, based upon the actuarial assumptions used
for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial report prepared by such plan's
actuary with respect to such plan, did not, as of its latest valuation date,
exceed the then current value of the aggregate assets of such plans allocable to
such accrued benefits in any material respect. With respect to any JPFI Benefit
Plan that is a multiemployer plan, (A) neither JPFI nor any of its subsidiaries
has any contingent liability under Section 4204 of ERISA, and no circumstances
exist that present a material risk that any such plan will go into
reorganization, and (B) the aggregate withdrawal liability of JPFI and its
subsidiaries, computed as if a complete withdrawal by JPFI and any of its
subsidiaries had occurred under each such JPFI Benefit Plan on the date hereof,
would not be material.
(v) No JPFI Benefit Plan provides medical benefits (whether or not
insured), with respect to current or former employees after retirement or other
termination of service (other than coverage mandated by applicable law or
benefits,
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the full cost of which is borne by the current or former employee) other than
individual arrangements the amounts of which are not material.
(vi) JPFI has previously provided to RSI a copy of each collective
bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by JPFI
or any of its subsidiaries to which JPFI or any of its subsidiaries is a party.
No collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated or renegotiated by JPFI
or any of its subsidiaries. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no labor
dispute, strike or work stoppage against JPFI or any of its subsidiaries pending
or, to the knowledge of JPFI, threatened which may interfere with the respective
business activities of JPFI or any of its subsidiaries, except where such
dispute, strike or work stoppage individually or in the aggregate would not have
a material adverse effect on JPFI. As of the date of this Agreement, to the
knowledge of JPFI, none of JPFI, any of its subsidiaries or any of their
respective representatives or employees has committed any material unfair labor
practice in connection with the operation of the respective businesses of JPFI
or any of its subsidiaries, and there is no material charge or complaint against
JPFI or any of its subsidiaries by the National Labor Relations Board or any
comparable governmental agency pending or threatened in writing.
(vii) No employee of JPFI will be entitled to any material payment,
additional benefits or any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any
benefits under any JPFI Benefit Plan as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in conjunction with any other
event such as a termination of employment).
(k) Taxes. (i) Each of JPFI and its subsidiaries has filed all
material tax returns and reports required to be filed by it (taking into account
applicable extensions) and all such returns and reports are complete and correct
in all material respects, or requests for extensions to file such returns or
reports have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, except to the
extent that such failures to file, to be complete or correct or to have
extensions granted that remain in effect individually or in the aggregate would
not have a material adverse effect on JPFI. JPFI and each of its subsidiaries
has paid (or JPFI has paid or caused to be paid on its behalf) all taxes shown
as due on such returns, and the most recent financial statements contained in
the JPFI Filed SEC Documents reflect an adequate reserve in accordance with GAAP
for all taxes payable by JPFI and its subsidiaries for all taxable periods and
portions thereof accrued through the date of such financial statements.
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(ii) No deficiencies for any taxes have, to the knowledge of JPFI,
been proposed, asserted or assessed against JPFI or any of its subsidiaries that
are not adequately reserved for, except for deficiencies that individually or in
the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on JPFI. None of the
federal income tax returns of JPFI and each of its subsidiaries consolidated in
such returns have closed by virtue of the applicable statute of limitations.
(iii) Neither JPFI nor any of its subsidiaries has taken any action
or knows of any fact, agreement, plan or other circumstance that is reasonably
likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(l) Voting Requirements. The affirmative vote at the JPFI
Stockholders Meeting (the "JPFI Stockholder Approval") of the holders of a
majority of shares of JPFI Common Stock present in person or by proxy at a duly
convened and held meeting of JPFI stockholders is the only vote of the holders
of any class or series of JPFI's capital stock necessary to approve and adopt
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger
and the issuance of the JPFI Common Stock pursuant to the Merger.
(m) State Takeover Statutes; Certificate of Incorporation. The Board
of Directors of JPFI has approved this Agreement, the Option Agreements, the
Support Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and,
assuming the accuracy of RSI's representation and warranty contained in Section
3.1(q), such approval constitutes approval of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the JPFI Board of Directors
under the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL such that Section 203 does not
apply to this Agreement, the Option Agreements, the Support Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. To the knowledge of JPFI, no state
takeover statute other than Section 203 of the DGCL (which has been rendered
inapplicable) is applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
(n) Accounting Matters. To its knowledge, neither JPFI nor any of its
affiliates (as such term is used in Section 5.10) has taken or agreed to take
any action (including, without limitation, in connection with any JPFI Stock
Plan or any agreement thereunder) that would prevent the business combination to
be effected by the Merger from being accounted for as a pooling of interests,
and JPFI has no reason to believe that the Merger will not qualify for "pooling
of interest" accounting.
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(o) Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other
person, other than Goldman Sachs & Co. ("Goldman"), Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith
Barney") and PaineWebber Inc., the fees and expenses of which will be paid by
JPFI, is entitled to any broker's, finder's, financial advisor's or other
similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of JPFI. JPFI has
furnished to RSI true and complete copies of all agreements under which any such
fees or expenses are payable and all indemnification and other agreements
related to the engagement of the persons to whom such fees are payable.
(p) Opinions of Financial Advisors. JPFI has received the opinions of
Goldman and Smith Barney, each dated the date of this Agreement, each to the
effect that, as of such date, the Exchange Ratio for the conversion of RSI
Common Stock into JPFI Common Stock is fair from a financial point of view to
JPFI, signed copies of which opinions have been delivered to RSI, it being
understood and agreed by RSI that such opinions are for the benefit of the Board
of Directors of JPFI and may not be relied upon by RSI, its affiliates or any of
their respective stockholders.
(q) Ownership of RSI Common Stock. To the knowledge of JPFI, as of
the date hereof or at any time within twelve months prior to the date of this
Agreement (and before giving effect to the RSI Option Agreement, which will be
entered into immediately after the execution of this Agreement) neither JPFI
nor, to its knowledge without independent investigation, any of its affiliates,
(i) beneficially owns (as defined in either Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act or
in Article Fourteenth of the RSI Certificate of Incorporation) or owned,
directly or indirectly, or (ii) is or was party to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of, in
each case, shares of capital stock of RSI.
(r) Intellectual Property. JPFI and its subsidiaries own or have a
valid license to use all trademarks, service marks, trade names, patents and
copyrights (including any registrations or applications for registration of any
of the foregoing) (collectively, the "JPFI Intellectual Property") necessary to
carry on its business substantially as currently conducted, except for such JPFI
Intellectual Property the failure of which to own or validly license
individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse effect on
JPFI. Neither JPFI nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with, and, to JPFI's knowledge, there are no
infringements of or conflicts (i) with the rights of others with respect to the
use of, or (ii) by others with
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respect to, any JPFI Intellectual Property that individually or in the
aggregate, in either such case, would have a material adverse effect on JPFI.
(s) Certain Contracts. Except as set forth in the JPFI Filed SEC
Documents, neither JPFI nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or bound by
(i) any "material contract" (as such term is defined in item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K of the SEC), (ii) any non-competition agreement or any other
agreement or obligation which purports to limit in any material respect the
manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any material portion of the
business of JPFI and its subsidiaries (including RSI and its subsidiaries,
assuming the Merger had taken place), taken as a whole, is or would be
conducted, (iii) any exclusive supply or purchase contracts or any exclusive
requirements contracts or (iv) any contract or other agreement which would
prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (all contracts of the type described
in clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to herein as "JPFI Material Contracts").
JPFI has delivered to RSI, prior to the execution of this Agreement, complete
and correct copies of all JPFI Material Contracts not filed as exhibits to the
JPFI Filed SEC Documents. Each JPFI Material Contract is valid and binding on
JPFI (or, to the extent a JPFI subsidiary is a party, such subsidiary) and is in
full force and effect, and JPFI and each JPFI subsidiary have in all material
respects performed all obligations required to be performed by them to date
under each JPFI Material Contract, except where such noncompliance, individually
or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on JPFI. Neither
JPFI nor any JPFI subsidiary knows of, or has received notice of, any violation
or default under (nor, to the knowledge of JPFI, does there exist any condition
which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in
such a violation or default under) any JPFI Material Contract.
(t) JPFI Rights Agreement. JPFI has taken all action (including, if
required, redeeming all of the outstanding preferred stock purchase rights
issued pursuant to the JPFI Rights Agreement or amending the JPFI Rights
Agreement) so that the entering into of this Agreement, the JPFI Option
Agreement and the Merger, the acquisition of shares pursuant to the JPFI Option
Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and
will not result in the grant of any rights to any person under the JPFI Rights
Agreement or enable or require the JPFI Rights to be exercised, distributed or
triggered.
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(u) Environmental Liability. There are no legal, administrative,
arbitral or other proceedings, claims, actions, causes of action, private
environmental investigations or remediation activities or governmental
investigations of any nature pending or threatened against JPFI or any of its
subsidiaries seeking to impose, or that could reasonably be expected to result
in the imposition, on JPFI or any of its subsidiaries, of any liability or
obligation arising under common law or under any local, state or federal
environmental statute, regulation or ordinance, including, without limitation,
CERCLA, which liability or obligation could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on JPFI. To the knowledge of JPFI, there is no
reasonable basis for any such proceeding, claim, action or governmental
investigation that would impose any liability or obligation that could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on JPFI.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
SECTION 4.1. Conduct of Business. (a) Conduct of Business by RSI.
Except as set forth in Section 4.1(a) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule, as
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to by JPFI in
writing, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, during the
period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, RSI shall, and
shall cause its subsidiaries to, carry on their respective businesses in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent consistent
therewith, use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact their current business
organizations, use reasonable efforts to keep available the services of their
current officers and other key employees and preserve their relationships with
those persons having business dealings with them to the end that their goodwill
and ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing (but subject to the above exceptions),
during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, RSI
shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries to:
(i) other than dividends and distributions by a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of RSI to its parent, or by a subsidiary
that is partially owned by RSI or any of its subsidiaries, provided that
RSI or any such subsidiary receives or is to receive its proportionate
share thereof, or regular semi-annual dividends not to exceed $.03 per
share, (x) declare, set aside or pay any
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dividends on, make any other distributions in respect of, or enter into any
agreement with respect to the voting of, any of its capital stock, (y)
split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize
the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of its capital stock, except for issuances of RSI
Common Stock upon the exercise of RSI Employee Stock Options or the Assumed
Warrants, in each case, outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance
with their present terms (including cashless exercise) or issued pursuant
to Section 4.1(a)(ii) or (z) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
shares of capital stock of RSI or any of its subsidiaries or any other
securities thereof or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such
shares or other securities (except, in the case of clause (z), for the
deemed acceptance of shares upon cashless exercise of RSI Employee Stock
Options outstanding on the date hereof, or in connection with withholding
obligations relating thereto);
(ii) issue, deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber or
subject to any Lien any shares of its capital stock, any other voting
securities or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or
options to acquire, any such shares, voting securities or convertible
securities (other than the issuance of RSI Common Stock upon the exercise
or conversion of RSI Employee Stock Options or the Assumed Warrants, in
each case, outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their
present terms or the issuance of RSI Employee Stock Options (and shares of
RSI Common Stock upon the exercise thereof) granted after the date hereof
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for
employees (so long as such additional amount of RSI Common Stock subject to
RSI Employee Stock Options issued to such employees does not exceed 250,000
shares of RSI Common Stock in the aggregate);
(iii) amend its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other
comparable organizational documents;
(iv) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating
with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any
other manner, any business or any person, or, except for transactions in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to
contracts or agreements in force at the date of this Agreement or pursuant
to RSI's current capital and operating budgets (in each case, as previously
provided to JPFI), make any material investment either by purchase of
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stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers, or
purchase of any property or assets of any other individual, corporation or
other entity other than a subsidiary of RSI;
(v) sell, lease, license, mortgage or otherwise encumber or
subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets
(including securitizations), other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(vi) take any action that would cause the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.1(g) and qualified as to materiality to
be no longer true and correct or, if not so qualified, to be no longer true
and correct in all material respects;
(vii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any
debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an
accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any person for
borrowed money, other than pursuant to a revolving credit facility or
receivables facility in effect as of the date hereof, in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) settle any material claim, action or proceeding involving
money damages, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(ix) enter into or terminate any material contract or
agreement, or make any change in any of its material leases or contracts,
other than amendments or renewals of contracts and leases without material
adverse changes of terms; or
(x) authorize, or commit or agree to take, any of the
foregoing actions;
provided that the limitations set forth in this Section 4.1(a) (other than
clause (iii)) shall not apply to any transaction between RSI and any wholly
owned subsidiary or between any wholly owned subsidiaries of RSI.
(b) Conduct of Business by JPFI. Except as set forth in Section
4.1(b) of the JPFI Disclosure Schedule, as otherwise expressly contemplated by
this Agreement or as consented to by RSI in writing, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Effective Time, JPFI shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries
to, carry on their respective businesses
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in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws and regulations and, to the extent
consistent therewith, use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact their
current business organizations, use reasonable efforts to keep available the
services of their current officers and other key employees and preserve their
relationships with those persons having business dealings with them to the end
that their goodwill and ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired at the Effective
Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (but subject to the above
exceptions), during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective
Time, JPFI shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries to:
(i) other than dividends and distributions by a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of JPFI to its parent, or by a subsidiary
that is partially owned by JPFI or any of its subsidiaries, provided that
JPFI or any such subsidiary receives or is to receive its proportionate
share thereof, (x) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, make any
other distributions in respect of, or enter into any agreement with respect
to the voting of, any of its capital stock, (y) split, combine or
reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of
any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for
shares of its capital stock, except for issuances of JPFI Common Stock upon
the exercise of JPFI Employee Stock Options outstanding as of the date
hereof in accordance with their present terms (including cashless exercise)
or issued pursuant to Section 4.1(b)(ii) or (z) purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of JPFI or any of its
subsidiaries or any other securities thereof or any rights, warrants or
options to acquire any such shares or other securities (except, in the case
of clause (z), for the deemed acceptance of shares upon cashless exercise
of JPFI Employee Stock Options, or in connection with withholding
obligations relating thereto);
(ii) issue, deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber or
subject to any Lien any shares of its capital stock, any other voting
securities or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or
options to acquire, any such shares, voting securities or convertible
securities (other than the issuance of JPFI Common Stock upon the exercise
of JPFI Employee Stock Options outstanding as of the date hereof in
accordance with their present terms or the issuance of JPFI Employee Stock
Options (and shares of JPFI Common Stock upon the exercise thereof) granted
after the date hereof in the ordinary course of
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business consistent with past practice for employees (so long as such
additional amount of JPFI Common Stock subject to JPFI Employee Stock
Options issued to employees does not exceed 300,000 shares of JPFI Common
Stock in the aggregate);
(iii) except as contemplated hereby, amend its certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other comparable organizational documents;
(iv) acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating
with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any
other manner, any business or any person, or, except for transactions in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to
contracts or agreements in force at the date of this Agreement or pursuant
to JPFI's current capital and operating budgets (in each case, as
previously provided to RSI), make any material investment either by
purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property
transfers, or purchase of any property or assets of any other individual,
corporation or other entity other than a subsidiary of JPFI;
(v) sell, lease, license, mortgage or otherwise encumber or
subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets
(including securitizations), other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(vi) take any action that would cause the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 3.2(g) and qualified as to materiality to
be no longer be true and correct or or, if not so qualified, to be no
longer true and correct in all material respects;
(vii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any
debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an
accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any person for
borrowed money, other than pursuant to a revolving credit facility or
receivables facility in effect as of the date hereof, in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) settle any claim, action or proceeding involving money
damages, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
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(ix) enter into or terminate any material contract or agreement,
or make any change in any of its material leases or contracts, other than
amendments or renewals of contracts and leases without material adverse
changes of terms; or
(x) authorize, or commit or agree to take, any of the foregoing
actions;
provided that the limitations set forth in this Section 4.1(b) (other than
clause (iii)) shall not apply to any transaction between JPFI and any wholly
owned subsidiary or between any wholly owned subsidiaries of JPFI.
(c) Other Actions. Except as required by law, RSI and JPFI shall
not, and shall not permit any of their respective subsidiaries to, voluntarily
take any action that would, or that could reasonably be expected to, result in
(i) any of the representations and warranties of such party set forth in this
Agreement that are qualified as to materiality becoming untrue at the Effective
Time, (ii) any of such representations and warranties that are not so qualified
becoming untrue in any material respect at the Effective Time, or (iii) any of
the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied.
(d) Advice of Changes. RSI and JPFI shall promptly advise the other
party orally and in writing to the extent it has knowledge of (i) any
representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement that is
qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any
such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or
inaccurate in any material respect, (ii) the failure by it to comply in any
material respect with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition
or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement and
(iii) any change or event having, or which, insofar as can reasonably be
foreseen, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such
party or on the truth of such party's representations and warranties or the
ability of the conditions set forth in Article VI to be satisfied; provided,
however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements of the parties (or remedies with respect thereto) or the
conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
SECTION 4.2. No Solicitation or Negotiations. (a) Neither JPFI nor
RSI shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage (including by way of
furnishing information), or authorize any individual, corporation or other
entity to solicit
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or encourage (including by way of furnishing information), from any third party
any inquiries or proposals relating to, or conduct negotiations or discussions
with any third party with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any
inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes, or that may reasonably
be expected to lead to, any proposal or offer relating to the disposition of its
business or assets, or the acquisition of its voting securities, or the merger
or consolidation of it or any of its subsidiaries with or into any corporation
or other entity other than as provided in this Agreement, the Option Agreements
or the Support Agreement (and each party shall promptly notify the other of all
of the relevant details relating to all inquiries and proposals which it may
receive relating to any such matters).
(b) Nothing contained in Section 4.2(a) or Section 5.1 shall prohibit
RSI or JPFI from taking and disclosing to its respective stockholders a position
contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
SECTION 5.1. Preparation of the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy
Statement; Stockholders Meetings. (a) As soon as practicable following the
date of this Agreement, RSI and JPFI shall prepare and file with the SEC the
Joint Proxy Statement, and JPFI shall prepare and file with the SEC the Form S-
4, in which the Joint Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Each of
RSI and JPFI shall use best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective
under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing. RSI will
use all best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to RSI's
stockholders, and JPFI will use all best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy
Statement to be mailed to JPFI's stockholders, in each case as promptly as
practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act.
JPFI shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to file a general consent to
service of process) required to be taken under any applicable state securities
laws in connection with the issuance of JPFI Common Stock in the Merger and RSI
shall furnish all information concerning RSI and the holders of RSI Common Stock
as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing
of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement
will be made by JPFI without RSI's prior consent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and without providing RSI the opportunity to review
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and comment thereon. JPFI will advise RSI, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or
amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the
qualification of the JPFI Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for
amendment of the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and
responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. If at any
time prior to the Effective Time any information relating to RSI or JPFI, or any
of their respective affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by
RSI or JPFI which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of
the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would
not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such
information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate
amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with
the SEC and, to the extent required by law, disseminated to the stockholders of
RSI and JPFI.
(b) RSI shall, as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is
declared effective under the Securities Act, duly call, give notice of, convene
and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the "RSI Stockholders Meeting") in
accordance with the DGCL for the purpose of obtaining the RSI Stockholder
Approval and shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its
stockholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) JPFI shall, as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is
declared effective under the Securities Act, duly call, give notice of, convene
and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the "JPFI Stockholders Meeting") in
accordance with the DGCL for the purpose of obtaining the JPFI Stockholder
Approval and shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its
stockholders the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) JPFI and RSI will use best efforts to hold the RSI Stockholders
Meeting and the JPFI Stockholders Meeting on the same date and as soon as
reasonably practicable after the date hereof.
SECTION 5.2. Letters of RSI's Accountants. (a) RSI shall use best
efforts to cause to be delivered to JPFI two letters from RSI's independent
accountants, one dated a date within two business days before the date on which
the Form S-4
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shall become effective and one dated a date within two business days before the
Closing Date, each addressed to JPFI, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to JPFI and customary in scope and substance for comfort letters
delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration
statements similar to the Form S-4.
(b) RSI shall use best efforts to cause to be delivered to JPFI and
JPFI's independent accountants a letter from RSI's independent accountants
addressed to JPFI and RSI, dated as of the date the Form S-4 is declared
effective and as of the Closing Date, stating that accounting for the Merger as
a pooling of interests under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles Board and
applicable SEC rules and regulations is appropriate if the Merger is closed and
consummated as contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.3. Letters of JPFI's Accountants. (a) JPFI shall use best
efforts to cause to be delivered to RSI two letters from JPFI's independent
accountants, one dated a date within two business days before the date on which
the Form S-4 shall become effective and one dated a date within two business
days before the Closing Date, each addressed to RSI, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to RSI and customary in scope and substance for comfort
letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with
registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
(b) JPFI shall use best efforts to cause to be delivered to RSI and
RSI's independent accountants a letter from JPFI's independent accountants,
addressed to RSI and JPFI, dated as of the date the Form S-4 is declared
effective and as of the Closing Date, stating that accounting for the Merger as
a pooling of interests under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles Board and
applicable SEC rules and regulations is appropriate if the Merger is closed and
consummated as contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.4. Access to Information; Confidentiality. Subject to the
Confidentiality Agreements dated April 22, 1997, each as amended as of June 13,
1997, between JPFI and RSI (the "Confidentiality Agreements"), and subject to
applicable law, each of RSI and JPFI shall, and shall cause each of its
respective subsidiaries to, afford to the other party and to the officers,
employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other representatives of
such other party, reasonable access during normal business hours during the
period prior to the Effective Time to all their respective properties, books,
contracts, commitments, personnel and records (provided that such access shall
not interfere with the business or operations of
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such party) and, during such period, each of RSI and JPFI shall, and shall cause
each of its respective subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to the other party (a)
a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed
by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state
securities laws and (b) all other information concerning its business,
properties and personnel as such other party may reasonably request. No review
pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall affect any representation or warranty given
by the other party hereto. Each of RSI and JPFI will hold, and will cause its
respective officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors and
other representatives and affiliates to hold, any nonpublic information in
accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreements.
SECTION 5.5. Best Efforts. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties agrees to use best
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be
done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most
expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary
actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental
Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings and the
taking of all steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or
to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining
of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers, and any necessary or
appropriate financing arrangements, from third parties, (iii) the defending of
any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative,
challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining
order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed, and
(iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes
of, this Agreement.
(b) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, RSI and
JPFI shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover
statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to this
Agreement, the Option Agreements, the Support Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) if any state takeover
statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to such agreements
or transactions, take all action necessary to ensure that such transactions may
be consummated
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as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and
otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.6. Employment Agreements. (a) From and after the Effective
Time, JPFI will, and will cause Merger Sub to, honor in accordance with their
respective terms, and assume and agree to perform, in the same manner and to the
same extent that RSI would be required to do if the Merger had not taken place,
the RSI Benefit Plans, the RSI Stock Plans (subject to Section 2.1(e)) and all
employment, severance and change in control agreements in effect as of the date
hereof. For the purpose of any such Plan or agreement that contains a provision
relating to a change in control of RSI and that is disclosed as such on Section
5.6(a) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule, JPFI acknowledges that the consummation
of the Merger constitutes such a change in control. RSI and JPFI will cooperate
on and after the date of this Agreement to develop appropriate employee benefit
plans, programs and arrangements, including, but not limited to, executive and
incentive compensation, stock option and supplemental executive retirement
plans, for employees and directors of the Surviving Corporation and its
subsidiaries from and after the Effective Time. Nothing in this Section 5.6
shall be interpreted as preventing the Surviving Corporation from amending,
modifying or terminating any RSI Stock Plans or RSI Benefit Plans, or other
contracts, arrangements, commitments or understandings, in accordance with their
terms and applicable law, or be deemed to constitute an employment contract
between JPFI or the Surviving Corporation and any individual, or a waiver of
JPFI's or the Surviving Corporation's right to discharge any employee at any
time, with or without cause.
(b) Each of RSI and JPFI will take the actions indicated on Section
5.6(b) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule to be taken by it at or prior to the time
specified therein, including the execution, at the Effective Time, of an
employment agreement with Mark Van Stekelenburg in the form attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit G.
SECTION 5.7. Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance. (a) JPFI
agrees to maintain in effect in accordance with their terms all rights to
indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring
at or prior to the Effective Time existing as of the date of this Agreement in
favor of the current or former directors or officers of RSI and its subsidiaries
(and any of their respective predecessors, including, without limitation, US
Foodservice Inc., a Delaware corporation ("US Foodservice"), that was merged
within and into
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USF Acquisition Corporation on May 17, 1996) as provided in their respective
certificates of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational
documents) and any indemnification agreements of RSI or in Section 7.13 of the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 2, 1996, among RSI, USF Acquisition
Corporation and US Foodservice. In addition, from and after the Effective Time,
directors and officers of RSI who become directors or officers of JPFI will be
entitled to the same indemnity rights and protections, and directors' and
officers' liability insurance, as are afforded from time to time to other
directors and officers of JPFI.
(b) In the event that JPFI or any of its successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other person and is not the continuing or
surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii)
transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to
any person, then, and in each such case, proper provision will be made so that
the successors and assigns of JPFI assume the obligations set forth in this
Section 5.7.
(c) JPFI shall use its best efforts to provide to RSI's current
directors and officers, for six years after the Effective Time, liability
insurance covering acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time with
respect to those persons who are currently covered by RSI's directors' and
officers' liability insurance policy on terms with respect to such coverage and
amount no less favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof,
provided that in no event shall JPFI be required to expend more than 200% of the
current amount expended by RSI to maintain such coverage.
(d) The provisions of this Section 5.7 (i) are intended to be for the
benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified party, his or her heirs
and his or her representatives and (ii) are in addition to, and not in
substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any
such person may have by contract or otherwise.
SECTION 5.8. Fees and Expenses. All fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Merger, this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or expenses,
whether or not the Merger is consummated, except (x) to the extent set forth in
Section 7.5 hereof and (y) that each of JPFI and RSI shall bear and pay one-half
of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with (1) the filing, printing
and mailing of the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement (including SEC filing
fees) and (2) the filings of the pre-merger notification and report forms under
the HSR Act (including filing fees).
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SECTION 5.9. Public Announcements. JPFI and RSI will consult with
each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to review,
comment upon and concur with, and use reasonable efforts to agree on, any press
release or other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Option Agreements and the Support Agreement, including
the Merger, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public
statement prior to such consultation, except as either party may determine is
required by applicable law, court process or by obligations pursuant to any
listing agreement with any national securities exchange or stock market. The
parties agree that the initial press release to be issued with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in the form heretofore
agreed to by the parties.
SECTION 5.10. Affiliates. (a) As soon as practicable after the date
hereof, RSI shall deliver to JPFI a letter identifying all persons who may be
deemed to be, at the time this Agreement is submitted for adoption by the
stockholders of RSI, "affiliates" of RSI for purposes of Rule 145 under the
Securities Act or for purposes of qualifying the Merger for pooling of interests
accounting treatment under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles Board and
applicable SEC rules and regulations, and such list shall be updated as
necessary to reflect changes from the date hereof. RSI shall use best efforts to
cause each person identified on such list to deliver to JPFI not less than 30
days prior to the Effective Time, a written agreement substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit E hereto. JPFI shall use best efforts to cause all persons
who are "affiliates" of JPFI for purposes of qualifying the Merger for pooling
of interests accounting treatment under Opinion 16 of the Accounting Principles
Board and applicable SEC rules and regulations to deliver to RSI not less than
30 days prior to the Effective Time, a written agreement substantially in the
form of the fourth paragraph of Exhibit D hereto.
(b) JPFI shall use reasonable best efforts to publish no later than
45 days after the end of the first month after the Effective Time in which there
are at least 30 days of post Merger combined operations (which month may be the
month in which the Effective Time occurs), combined sales and net income figures
as contemplated by and in accordance with the terms of SEC Accounting Series
Release No. 135.
SECTION 5.11. NYSE Listing. JPFI shall use best efforts to cause the
JPFI Common Stock issuable under Article II to be approved for listing on the
NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance, as promptly as practicable after
the date hereof, and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
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SECTION 5.12. Tax Treatment. Each of JPFI and RSI shall use best
efforts to cause the Merger to qualify as a reorganization under the provisions
of Section 368 of the Code and to obtain the opinions of counsel referred to in
Section 6.1(g). The parties will characterize the Merger as such a
reorganization for purposes of all tax returns and other filings.
SECTION 5.13. Pooling of Interests. Each of RSI and JPFI shall use
best efforts to cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
the Merger, to be accounted for as a pooling of interests under Opinion 16 of
the Accounting Principles Board and applicable SEC rules and regulations, and
such accounting treatment to be accepted by the SEC, and each of RSI and JPFI
agrees that it shall take no action that would cause such accounting treatment
not to be obtained.
SECTION 5.14. Standstill Agreements; Confidentiality Agreements.
During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time,
except as JPFI and RSI otherwise mutually agree pursuant to a written
instrument, neither RSI nor JPFI shall terminate, amend, modify or waive any
provision of any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it or any of
its respective subsidiaries is a party. Except as JPFI and RSI otherwise
mutually agree pursuant to a written instrument, during such period, RSI or
JPFI, as the case may be, shall enforce, to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law, the provisions of any such agreement, including by obtaining
injunctions to prevent any breaches of such agreements and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions thereof in any court of the United States
of America or of any state having jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.15. Post-Merger Operations. Following the Effective Time,
JPFI shall have its headquarters and principal corporate offices in Columbia,
Maryland.
SECTION 5.16. Conveyance Taxes. JPFI and RSI shall cooperate in the
preparation, execution and filing of all returns, questionnaires, applications
or other documents regarding any real property transfer or gains, sales, use,
transfer, value added, stock transfer and stamp taxes, any transfer, recording,
registration and other fees or any similar taxes which become payable in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that are
required or permitted to be filed on or before the Effective Time.
SECTION 5.17. 8-7/8% Indenture. Merger Sub, as the Surviving
Corporation, agrees that it will comply with the provisions of Section 11.1 of
the Indenture, dated as of November
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1, 1993, between RSI, as issuer, and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., as trustee,
as supplemented on May 1, 1996 (relating to a mandatory tender to the holders of
the 8-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003 thereunder upon a "change of
control" (as defined in such Indenture)).
SECTION 5.18. Certain Tax Matters. Provided that the structure of the
transaction as contemplated in Section 1.1 has not been revised pursuant to
Section 1.7, each of RSI and JPFI agrees that it will not treat the Merger as a
change in the ownership or effective control of RSI, or a change in the
ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of RSI, each within the meaning
of Section 280G of the Code, unless RSI or JPFI, as the case may be, concludes,
in its sole discretion, that substantial authority (within the meaning of
Section 6621 of the Code) does not exist for such position or unless otherwise
required by a determination (as defined in Section 1313 of the Code).
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SECTION 6.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Merger. The respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject
to the satisfaction or waiver on or prior to the Closing Date of the following
conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approvals. Each of the RSI Stockholder Approval and
the JPFI Stockh older Approval shall have been obtained.
(b) HSR Act. The waiting period (and any extension thereof)
applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall
have expired.
(c) Governmental, Regulatory and Other Approvals. (i) Other than the
filing provided for under Section 1.3 and filings pursuant to the HSR Act (which
are addressed in Section 6.1(b)), all consents, approvals and actions of,
filings with and notices to any Governmental Entity required of RSI, JPFI or any
of their subsidiaries to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby (together with the matters contemplated by Section 6.1(b),
the "Requisite Regulatory Approvals") shall have been obtained and (ii) except
as would not have a material adverse effect on any of RSI, JPFI or the Surviving
Corporation, the consents and approvals set forth on Section 3.1(d) of the RSI
Disclosure Schedule and Section
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3.2(d) of the JPFI Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained or shall no
longer be required.
(d) No Injunctions or Restraints. No judgment, order, decree,
statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation, entered, enacted, promulgated,
enforced or issued by any court or other Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition (collectively,
"Restraints") shall be in effect (i) preventing the consummation of the Merger,
or (ii) which otherwise is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect
on RSI or JPFI, as applicable; provided, however, that each of the parties shall
have used its best efforts to prevent the entry of any such Restraints and to
appeal as promptly as possible any such Restraints that may be entered.
(e) Form S-4. The Form S-4 shall have become effective under the
Securities Act prior to the mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement by each of RSI
and JPFI to their respective stockholders and no stop order or proceedings
seeking a stop order shall be threatened by the SEC or shall have been initiated
by the SEC.
(f) NYSE Listing. The shares of JPFI Common Stock issuable to RSI's
stockholders as contemplated by Article II shall have been approved for listing
on the NYSE subject to official notice of issuance.
(g) Tax Opinions. JPFI shall have received from Wachtell, Lipton,
Rosen & Katz, counsel to JPFI, and RSI shall have received from Jones, Day,
Reavis & Pogue, counsel to RSI, an opinion, dated the Closing Date,
substantially to the effect that: (i) the Merger will constitute a
"reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and JPFI and
RSI will each be a party to such reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(b) of the Code; (ii) no gain or loss will be recognized by JPFI or RSI as a
result of the Merger; (iii) no gain or loss will be recognized by the
stockholders of RSI upon the exchange of their shares of RSI Common Stock solely
for shares of JPFI Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, except with respect to
cash, if any, received in lieu of fractional shares of JPFI Common Stock; (iv)
the aggregate tax basis of the shares of JPFI Common Stock received solely in
exchange for shares of RSI Common Stock pursuant to the Merger (including
fractional shares of JPFI Common Stock for which cash is received) will be the
same as the aggregate tax basis of the shares of RSI Common Stock exchanged
therefor; and (v) the holding period for shares of JPFI Common Stock received in
exchange for shares of RSI Common Stock pursuant to the Merger will include the
holding period of the shares of RSI Common
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Stock exchanged therefor, provided such shares of RSI Common Stock were held as
capital assets by the stockholder at the Effective Time.
In rendering such opinions, each of counsel for JPFI and RSI shall be
entitled to receive and rely upon representations of fact contained in
certificates of officers of JPFI, RSI and stockholders of RSI, which
representations shall be in form and substance satisfactory to such counsel.
(h) Pooling Letters. JPFI and RSI shall have received letters from
each of RSI's independent accountants and JPFI's independent accountants, dated
as of the Closing Date, in each case addressed to JPFI and RSI, stating that the
Merger qualifies for accounting as a pooling of interests under Opinion 16 of
the Accounting Principles Board and applicable SEC rules and regulations.
SECTION 6.2. Conditions to Obligations of JPFI. The obligation of
JPFI to effect the Merger is further subject to satisfaction or waiver of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of RSI set forth herein shall be true and correct both when made and
at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the
extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date),
except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true
and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to "materiality" or
"material adverse effect" set forth therein) does not have, and is not likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on RSI.
(b) Performance of Obligations of RSI. RSI shall have performed in
all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. At any time after the date of this
Agreement there shall not have occurred any material adverse change relating to
RSI.
(d) RSI Rights Agreement. The RSI Rights issued pursuant to the RSI
Rights Agreement shall not have become nonredeemable, exercisable, distributed
or triggered pursuant to the terms of such agreement.
SECTION 6.3. Conditions to Obligations of RSI. The obligation of RSI
to effect the Merger is further subject to satisfaction or waiver of the
following conditions:
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(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of JPFI set forth herein shall be true and correct both when made and
at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such time (except to the
extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such date),
except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true
and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to "materiality," or
"material adverse effect" set forth therein) does not have, and is not likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on JPFI.
(b) Performance of Obligations of JPFI. JPFI shall have performed in
all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. At any time after the date of this
Agreement there shall not have occurred any material adverse change relating to
JPFI.
(d) JPFI Rights Agreement. The JPFI Rights issued pursuant to the
JPFI Rights Agreement shall not have become nonredeemable, exercisable,
distributed or triggered pursuant to the terms of such agreement.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 7.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any
time prior to the Effective Time, and (except in the case of 7.1(e) or 7.1(f))
whether before or after the RSI Stockholder Approval or the JPFI Stockholder
Approval:
(a) by mutual written consent of JPFI and RSI, if the Board of
Directors of each so determines by a vote of a majority of its entire Board;
(b) by either the Board of Directors of JPFI or the Board of
Directors of RSI:
(i) if the Merger shall not have been consummated by April 1,
1998; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party
whose failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
results in the failure of the Merger to be consummated by such time;
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(ii) if the RSI Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained
at a RSI Stockholders Meeting duly convened therefor or at any adjournment
or postponement thereof;
(iii) if the JPFI Stockholder Approval shall not have been
obtained at a JPFI Stockholders Meeting duly convened therefor or at any
adjournment or postponement thereof; or
(iv) if any Restraint having any of the effects set forth in
Section 6.1(d) shall be in effect and shall have become final and
nonappealable, or if any Governmental Entity that must grant a Requisite
Regulatory Approval has denied approval of the Merger and such denial has
become final and nonappealable; provided, that the party seeking to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(iv) shall have
used best efforts to prevent the entry of and to remove such Restraint or
to obtain such Requisite Regulatory Approval, as the case may be;
(c) by the Board of Directors of JPFI (provided that JPFI is not then
in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement
contained herein), if RSI shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other
agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A)
would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2(a) or
(b), and (B) is incapable of being cured by RSI or is not cured within 45 days
of written notice thereof;
(d) by the Board of Directors of RSI (provided that RSI is not then
in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement
contained herein), if JPFI shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other
agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A)
would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3(a) or
(b), and (B) is incapable of being cured by JPFI or is not cured within 45 days
of written notice thereof;
(e) by the Board of Directors of JPFI, at any time prior to the RSI
Stockholders Meeting, if the RSI Board of Directors shall have (A) failed to
make, no later than the date of the first mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement
to the RSI Stockholders, its recommendation referred to in Section 5.1(b), (B)
withdrawn such recommendation or (C) modified or changed
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such recommendation in a manner adverse to the interests of JPFI; or
(f) by the Board of Directors of RSI, at any time prior to the JPFI
Stockholders Meeting, if the JPFI Board of Directors shall have (A) failed to
make, no later than the date of the first mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement
to the JPFI Stockholders, its recommendation referred to in Section 5.1(c), (B)
withdrawn such recommendation or (C) modified or changed such recommendation in
a manner adverse to the interests of RSI.
SECTION 7.2. Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of
this Agreement by either RSI or JPFI as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability or
obligation on the part of JPFI or RSI, other than the provisions of the last
sentence of Section 5.4, Section 5.8, this Section 7.2, Section 7.5 and Article
VIII, which provisions shall survive such termination, and except that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither
JPFI nor RSI shall be relieved or released from any liabilities or damages
arising out of its willful breach of any provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.3. Amendment. Subject to compliance with applicable law,
this Agreement may be amended by the parties at any time before or after the RSI
Stockholder Approval or the JPFI Stockholder Approval; provided, however, that
after any such approval, there may not be, without further approval of such the
stockholders of RSI (in the case of the RSI Stockholders Approval) and the
stockholders of JPFI (in the case of the JPFI Stockholders Approval), any
amendment of this Agreement that changes the amount or the form of the
consideration to be delivered to the holders of RSI Common Stock hereunder, or
which by law otherwise requires the further approval of such stockholders. This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf
of each of the parties hereto and duly approved by the parties' respective
Boards of Directors or a duly designated committee thereof.
SECTION 7.4. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective
Time, a party may, subject to the proviso of Section 7.3, (a) extend the time
for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other
parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the
other parties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant
to this Agreement or (c) waive compliance by the other party with any of the
agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part
of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set
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forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. Any extension
or waiver given in compliance with this Section 7.4 or failure to insist on
strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not
operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other
failure.
SECTION 7.5. Termination Expenses. (a) In the event of a
termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger at any time (i)
by JPFI pursuant to Section 7.1(c) (other than for a nonwillful breach of a
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of RSI contained herein) or
Section 7.1(e) or (ii) by JPFI or RSI pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) (if, at
such time, in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 7.5(a), any event has
occurred that would give JPFI the right to exercise the RSI Stock Option), and
in order to compensate JPFI for the expenses associated with the negotiation of
this Agreement and the other matters contemplated hereby, RSI shall, within one
business day following such termination, pay JPFI a fee of $30,000,000 in
immediately available funds.
(b) In the event of a termination of this Agreement and the
abandonment of the Merger at any time (i) by RSI pursuant to Section 7.1(d)
(other than for a nonwillful breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement of JPFI contained herein) or Section 7.1(f) or (ii) by JPFI or RSI
pursuant to 7.1(b)(iii) (if, at such time, in the case of clause (ii) of this
Section 7.5(b), any event has occurred that would give RSI the right to exercise
the JPFI Stock Option), and in order to compensate RSI for the expenses
associated with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other matters
contemplated hereby, JPFI shall, within one business day following such
termination, pay RSI a fee of $30,000,000 in immediately available funds.
(c) A party's right to receive the fee contemplated by this Section
7.5, and its ability to enforce the provisions this Section 7.5, shall not be
subject to approval by the stockholders of either JPFI or RSI.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.1. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties. None of
the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this
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Agreement shall survive the Effective Time. This Section 8.1 shall not limit any
covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance
after the Effective Time.
SECTION 8.2. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and
other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given if delivered personally, telecopied (which is confirmed) or sent by
overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(a) if to JPFI, to
JP Foodservice, Inc.
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Telecopy No: (410) 312-7149
Attention: David M. Abramson, Esq.
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
Telecopy No.: (212) 403-2000
Attention: Edward D. Herlihy, Esq.
(b) if to Rykoff, to
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
1050 Warrenvill Road
Lisle, Illinois
Telecopy No. (717) 830-7112
Attention: Robert J. Harter, Jr., Esq.
with a copy to:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 10022
Telecopy No.: (312) 782-8585
Attention: Elizabeth Kitslaar, Esq.
SECTION 8.3. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
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(a) except for purposes of Section 5.10, an "affiliate" of any person
means another person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such first person, where "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, as
trustee or executor, or otherwise;
(b) "material adverse change" or "material adverse effect" means,
when used in connection with RSI or JPFI, any change, effect, event, occurrence
or state of facts that is or could reasonably be expected to be materially
adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of such
party and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(c) "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated
organization or other entity;
(d) a "subsidiary" of any person means another person, an amount of
the voting securities, other voting ownership or voting partnership interests of
which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its Board of Directors or
other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of
the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first
person; and
(e) "knowledge" of any person which is not an individual means the
knowledge of such person's executive officers or senior management of such
person's operating divisions and segments, in each case after reasonable
inquiry.
SECTION 8.4. Interpretation. When a reference is made in this
Agreement to an Article, Section or Exhibit, such reference shall be to an
Article or Section of, or an Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. Whenever the words "include", "includes" or "including" are used in
this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without
limitation". The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as
well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the
feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute
defined or referred to herein or in any
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agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented,
including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and
(in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
References to a person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 8.5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
SECTION 8.6. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein), the
Option Agreements, the Support Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreements (a)
constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement and (b) except for the provisions of Section
5.7, are not intended to confer upon any person other than the parties any
rights or remedies.
SECTION 8.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of
the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflict of
laws thereof.
SECTION 8.8. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in
whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either of the parties
hereto without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment in
violation of the preceding sentence shall be void. Subject to the preceding two
sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 8.9. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto (a)
consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any federal court
located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court in the event any
dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (b) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such
personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court,
and (c) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or
any of
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the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than a
federal court sitting in the State of Delaware or a Delaware state court.
SECTION 8.10. Headings, Etc. The headings and table of contents
contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect
in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.11. Severability. If any term or other provision of this
Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law
or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect, insofar as the foregoing can be
accomplished without materially affecting the economic benefits anticipated by
the parties to this Agreement. Upon such determination that any term or other
provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto
shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law in an acceptable manner to the end that the
transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, JPFI and RSI have caused this Agreement to be
signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the
date first written above.
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By /s/ James L. Miller
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Name: James L. Miller
Title: Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By /s/ Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Name: Mark Van Stekelenburg
Title: Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
HUDSON ACQUISITION CORP.
By /s/ James L. Miller
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Name: James L. Miller
Title: Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
[MERGER AGREEMENT]
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Exhibit D
Form of Affiliate Letter to be signed by JPFI Affiliates
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
1050 Warrenville Road
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have been advised that as of the date hereof I may be deemed to be an
"affiliate" of JP Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JPFI"), as the
term "affiliate" is (i) defined for purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule
145 of the Rules and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act") and/or (ii) used in and for purposes of Accounting Series
Releases 130 and 135, as amended, of the Commission. I have been further
advised that pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as
of June 30, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement") between JPFI, Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("RSI") and Hudson Acquisition Corp. ("Merger Sub"), a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPFI, RSI will be merged
with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger").
I represent to and covenant with RSI that from the date that is 30 days
prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement) I will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of RSI capital stock (including, without
limitation, RSI Common Stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) held by me
and that I will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of JPFI
capital stock ((including, without limitation, JPFI Common Stock (as defined in
the Merger Agreement)) until after such time as results covering at least 30
days of combined operations of JPFI and RSI have been published by JPFI, in the
form of a quarterly earnings report, an effective registration statement filed
with the Commission, a report to the Commission on Form 10-K, 10-Q, or 8-K, or
any other public filing or announcement which includes the results of at least
30 days of combined operations; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not
prevent me from selling, transferring or disposing of such number of shares of
RSI capital stock or JPFI capital stock as will not, in the reasonable judgment
of accountants to JPFI, interfere with or prevent the Merger being accounted for
as a "pooling of interests," taking into account the nature, extent and timing
of such sale, transfer or disposition and of similar sales, transfers or
dispositions by all other affiliates of RSI and all affiliates of JPFI.
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Very truly yours,
By:__________________________
Name:
Accepted this ____ day of
____________, 1997 by
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit E
Form of Affiliate Letter to be signed by RSI Affiliates
JP Foodservice, Inc.
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have been advised that as of the date hereof I may be deemed to be an
"affiliate" of Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("RSI"), as the term
"affiliate" is (i) defined for purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule 145 of
the Rules and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), and/or (ii) used in and for purposes of Accounting Series
Releases 130 and 135, as amended, of the Commission. I have been further advised
that pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June
30, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement"), among JP Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("JPFI"), Hudson Acquisition Corp. ("Merger Sub"), a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPFI, and RSI, RSI will be merged
with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger") and that as a result of the Merger, I
may receive shares of JPFI capital stock (including, without limitation, JPFI
Common Stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement)), in exchange for shares of
RSI capital stock (including, without limitation, RSI Common Stock (as defined
in the Merger Agreement)), owned by me.
I represent, warrant and covenant to JPFI that in the event I receive any
JPFI capital stock as a result of the Merger:
(a) I shall not make any sale, transfer or other disposition of the
JPFI capital stock in violation of the Act or the Rules and Regulations.
(b) I have carefully read this letter and the Agreement and discussed
its requirements and other applicable limitations upon my ability to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of JPFI capital stock to the extent I
believed necessary with my counsel or counsel for RSI.
(c) I have been advised that the issuance of JPFI capital stock to me
pursuant to the Merger will be registered with the Commission under the Act
on a Registration
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Statement on Form S-4. However, I have also been advised that, since at the
time the Merger will be submitted for a vote of the stockholders of JPFI, I
may be deemed to have been an affiliate of RSI and the distribution by me
of the JPFI capital stock has not been registered under the Act, and that I
may not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of JPFI capital stock issued to
me in the Merger unless (i) such sale, transfer or other disposition has
been registered under the Act, (ii) such sale, transfer or other
disposition is made in conformity with the volume and other limitations of
Rule 145 promulgated by the Commission under the Act, or (iii) in the
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to JPFI, such sale, transfer or
other disposition is otherwise exempt from registration under the Act.
(d) I understand that, except insofar as I am otherwise entitled to
such rights pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of May 17, 1996, among RSI and the other persons whose names are set
forth on the signature pages thereof, JPFI is under no obligation to
register the sale, transfer or other disposition of the JPFI capital stock
by me or on my behalf under the Act or to take any other action necessary
in order to make compliance with an exemption from such registration
available.
(e) I also understand that stop transfer instructions will be given to
JPFI's transfer agents with respect to the JPFI capital stock and that
there will be placed on the certificates for the JPFI capital stock issued
to me, or any substitutions therefor, a legend stating in the substance:
"The securities represented by this certificate have been issued
in a transaction to which Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933 applies and may only be sold or otherwise transferred in
compliance with the requirements of Rule 145 or pursuant to a
registration statement under said act or an exemption from such
registration."
(f) I also understand that unless the transfer by me of my JPFI
capital stock has been registered under the Act or is a sale made in
conformity with the provisions of Rule 145, JPFI reserves the right to put
the following legend on the certificates issued to my transferee:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933
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and were acquired from a person who received such shares in a
transaction to which Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933 applies. The shares have been acquired by the holder not with a
view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof
within the meaning of Securities Act of 1933 and may not be sold,
pledged or otherwise transferred except in accordance with an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933."
It is understood and agreed that the legends set forth in paragraphs (e)
and (f) above shall be removed by delivery of substitute certificates without
such legend if the undersigned shall have delivered to JPFI a copy of a letter
from the staff of the Commission, or an opinion of counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to JPFI, to the effect that such legend is not required
for purposes of the Act.
Except insofar as I am a party to the Support Agreement (as defined in the
Merger Agreement) (in which case my obligations and rights in respect of the
matters that are the subject of this paragraph are as set forth therein), I
further represent to and covenant with JPFI that from the date that is 30 days
prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) I will not
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of RSI capital stock held by me
and that I will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of JPFI
Common Stock received by me in the Merger or other shares of JPFI capital stock
until after such time as results covering at least 30 days of combined
operations of JPFI and RSI have been published by JPFI, in the form of a
quarterly earnings report, an effective registration statement filed with the
Commission, a report to the Commission on Form 10-K, 10-Q, or 8-K, or any other
public filing or announcement which incudes the results of at least 30 days of
combined operations; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not prevent me
from selling, transferring or disposing of such number of shares of RSI capital
stock or JPFI capital stock as will not, in the reasonable judgment of
accountants to JPFI, interfere with or prevent the Merger being accounted for as
a "pooling of interests," taking into account the nature, extent and timing of
such sale, transfer or disposition and of similar sales, transfers or
dispositions by all other affiliates of RSI and all affiliates of JPFI.
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Execution of this letter should not be construed as an admission by me that
I am an "affiliate" of RSI as described in the first paragraph hereof or
considered as a waiver of any rights that I may have to object to any claim that
I am such an affiliate on or after the date hereof.
I understand that pursuant to the Merger Agreement, no certificate for JPFI
capital stock shall be delivered to me in exchange for certificates representing
RSI capital stock until I have executed and delivered this agreement.
Very truly yours,
By:__________________________
Name:
Accepted this ____ day of
____________, 1997 by
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit F
Form of Amendment to
Amended and Restated By-Laws
of JPFI
The Amended and Restated By-Laws of JPFI (the "JPFI By-Laws") shall be
amended at and as of the Effective Time as follows:
1. The first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 1 of Article
IV of the JPFI By-Laws shall be amended by adding between the phrase "who shall
be a director," and the phrase "and one or more vice presidents" the phrase "a
Vice Chairman of the Board, who shall be a director"; by adding between the
phrase "in case of officers other than the Chairman of the Board" and the comma
following such phrase, the phrase "or the Vice Chairman of the Board"; and by
striking the phrase "as the president or the then senior executive officer may
prescribe or determine" and substituting therefor "as the chief executive
officer or the then senior executive officer may prescribe or determine".
2. Paragraph (a) of Section 2 of Article IV of the JPFI By-Laws shall
be amended by deleting the caption thereof and substituting therefor "Chairman,
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.", adding, after the first word
thereof, the phrase "and Vice Chairman", and by adding at the end thereof the
following sentences:
The Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of
the corporation, shall exercise the powers and authority and
perform all of the duties commonly incident to such office and
shall perform such other duties as chief executive officer as the
Board of Directors shall specify from time to time. The Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall, during the absence at a
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or of the Board, or
disability, of the Chairman of the Board, have the powers and
perform the duties of the Chairman of the Board and shall also
perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board.
3. Paragraph (b) of Section 2 of Article IV of the JPFI By-Laws is
hereby amended and restated to provide, in its entirety, as follows:
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(b) President. The President shall act in a general executive
capacity, shall report to the Chairman of the Board and chief
executive officer and shall assist the Chairman of the Board in
the administration and operation of the Corporation's business
and general supervision of its policies and affairs. The
President shall, in the absence at a meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation or of the Board, or because of the inability to
act, of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the
Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of
Directors, if he is a director.
4. Paragraph (g) of Section 2 of Article IV of the JPFI By-Laws
shall be amended by deleting such paragraph in its entirety and replacing it
with the following:
(g) Compensation. The compensation of the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive
Officer shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the fact
that any officer is a director shall not preclude such officer
from receiving compensation or from voting upon the resolution
providing the same. The compensation of all other officers of the
Corporation shall be fixed by the Chief Executive Officer or,
during his absence or disability, by the Board.
5. Except for the foregoing, the JPFI By-Laws remain in full force
and effect with no change thereto.
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Exhibit G
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of the
_____ day of _____________, 199_, by and between JP Foodservice, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Mark Van Stekelenburg (the
"Executive").
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the date hereof, the Executive was the
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Rykoff-Sexton
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("RSI");
WHEREAS, immediately prior to the date hereof, the Executive was a
party to an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with RSI, dated as of
February 2, 1996, as amended by a letter agreement dated June 9, 1997 (the
"Prior Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 30,
1997 (the "Merger Agreement") by and among the Company, RSI, and Hudson
Acquisition Corp. ("Merger Sub"), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, as of the date hereof, RSI will be merged with and
into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub as the surviving entity (the "Merger");
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to effectuating the Merger that
the Executive enter into an employment agreement with the Company in the form
hereof, which agreement supersedes any previous employment agreement the
Executive may have had with RSI, including, but not limited to, the Prior
Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual
covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive
and the Executive hereby agrees to be in the employ of the Company upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth.
2. Term. Employment shall be for a term commencing on the closing
date of the Merger (the "Effective Date") and, subject to termination under
Section 8, expiring on the third anniversary of the Effective Date.
3. Duties of the Executive. The Executive shall serve as the Vice
Chairman and President of the Company. The Executive shall report solely to the
Chief Executive Officer
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and shall have those duties that are assigned to him by the Chief Executive
Officer. The Executive shall devote substantially all of his normal working time
and his best efforts, full attention and energies to the duties assigned to him
by the Chief Executive Officer. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause
the Executive to be elected as a member of its Board of Directors (the "Board")
and as Vice Chairman of the Board throughout the term of this Agreement and
shall include him in the management slate for election as a director at every
stockholders' meeting at which his term as a director would otherwise expire. To
the extent that it does not interfere with the Executive's employment hereunder,
the Executive may (a) serve as an officer or director of, or otherwise
participate in any non-competing entity and any education, welfare, social,
religious or civic organizations or (b) manage personal and family investments.
Nothing in this Section 3 shall be deemed to prohibit the Executive from
acquiring, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, not more than two
percent (2%) of any class of securities of any entity that is registered under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including the regulations issued thereunder.
4. Compensation.
(a) During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to
the Executive a base salary of not less than $500,000 per annum, which base
salary may be increased (but not decreased) from time to time by the Board in
its sole discretion, payable at the times and in the manner consistent with the
Company's general policies regarding compensation of executive employees. The
Board may from time to time authorize such additional compensation to the
Executive, in cash or in property, as the Board may determine in its sole
discretion to be appropriate.
(b) In addition to base salary, the Executive shall be provided,
for each fiscal year ending during the term of this Agreement, an annual bonus
opportunity in cash and stock-based incentives at least equal to 100% of the
Executive's annual base salary. Each such annual bonus shall be paid no later
than the end of the third month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal
year for which the annual bonus is awarded, unless the Executive shall elect to
defer the receipt of such annual bonus.
5. Executive Benefits.
(a) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be
entitled to participate in all savings and
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retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other
peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(b) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive and/or the
Executive's family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in
and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies
and programs provided by the Company and its subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group
life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the
extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its
subsidiaries.
(c) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be
entitled to fringe benefits, including, without limitation, tax and financial
planning services, payment of club dues, use of an automobile and payment of
related expenses, as generally provided to other peer executives of the
Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall, during the term of this
Agreement, pay all of the Executive's dues and membership assessments of two
country clubs, one of which shall be the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles,
California, and such other club memberships as are determined by the Executive
and the Board to be useful in connection with the Executive's duties on behalf
of the Company. The Company shall also reimburse the Executive for all
reasonable expenses incurred at such club(s) on behalf of the Company. In
addition, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled, during the
term of this Agreement, at the Company's expense, to the full use of a new car
(including adequate insurance for the Executive, automobile and occupants and
full maintenance and operating costs necessary and appropriate to maintain such
car in prime and safe operating condition). In the event the Executive
terminates his employment for any reason other than for Cause (as defined in
Section 9(e)), the Executive shall furthermore be offered the option to acquire
the car at the lesser of the book value of the car at the time of the
Executive's termination of employment or the lease purchase price provided for
in any car lease between the Company and any third party lessor at the time of
the Executive's termination of employment. The option to purchase after
termination as provided for herein shall be exercised by the Executive no later
than 90 days after termination of employment.
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(d) During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be
entitled to at least four weeks of paid vacation per calendar year. The
Executive shall have the right to accrue and carry forward unused vacation.
(e) The Company shall provide reimbursement for relocation
expenses to the Columbia, Maryland area in accordance with RSI's past policies,
practices and procedures for senior executives; provided, however, that the
Company shall have the right to participate in all decisions relating to the
sale of the Executive's residence. Thereafter, reimbursement for relocation
expenses shall be in accordance with the Company's practice and procedures for
senior executives.
(f) The Executive's benefits under this Section 5 shall be
reduced to the extent that the Executive is or becomes entitled to receive
comparable benefits under the terms of the Prior Agreement or the Third Amended
and Restated Change in Control Agreement between RSI and the Executive, dated
June 9, 1997 (the "Change in Control Agreement").
6. Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall
be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred
by the Executive in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of
the Company.
7. Place of Performance. In connection with his employment by the
Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Executive, the Executive shall be based
at the offices of the Company located in Columbia, Maryland, except for travel
reasonably required for Company business.
8. Termination.
(a) Involuntary Termination. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated by the Company for any reason by written notice as provided in
Section 14(f). The Executive's Disability (as defined herein) during the term of
the Agreement shall constitute an involuntary termination of employment
hereunder, unless the Board expressly extends such employment for a specified
time thereafter. The Executive will be treated for purposes of this Agreement as
having been involuntarily terminated by the Company if the Executive terminates
his employment with the Company under the following circumstances: (i) the
assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the
Executive's position (including status, offices, titles and reporting
requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section
3 of this Agreement; (ii) any failure by the Company to
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comply with any of the provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement, other than an
isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and
which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given
by the Executive; (iii) the Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any
office or location outside of Columbia, Maryland or more than 35 miles from the
location provided in Section 7 hereof or the Company's requiring the Executive
to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required
immediately prior to the Effective Date; (iv) any purported termination by the
Company of the Executive's employment otherwise than as expressly permitted by
this Agreement; or (v) during the 30-day period immediately following the first
date, after the Effective Date, on which a Change in Control (as defined below)
occurs, for any reason or without reason. For purposes of this Section 8(a),
any good faith determination by the Executive after the Effective Date as to
whether a termination by the Executive should be treated as an involuntary
termination by the Company shall be conclusive. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a termination by the Company or by the Executive that is effective on or after
the first anniversary of the Effective Date shall not be considered an
involuntary termination, provided that the party terminating the Executive's
employment provides written notice of such termination to the other party at
least 30 days prior to the effective date of such termination.
(b) Voluntary Termination. (i) By the Executive. The Executive
may voluntarily terminate the Agreement (including without limitation by
retirement) at any time by notice to the Company as provided in Section 14(f).
The Executive's death during the term of the Agreement shall constitute a
voluntary termination of employment for purposes of eligibility for Termination
Payments and Benefits as provided in Section 9.
(ii) By the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
8(a) above, the Company shall have the absolute right to terminate the
employment of the Executive effective on or after the first anniversary of the
Effective Date, and such termination shall not be considered an involuntary
termination, provided that the Company gives written notice of such termination
to the executive at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such
termination.
(c) Subject to Section 9 and any benefit continuation
requirements of applicable laws, in the event the Executive's employment
hereunder is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason whatsoever,
the compensation and benefits obligations of the Company under Sections 4 and 5
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shall cease as of the effective date of such termination, except for any
compensation and benefits earned or accrued but unpaid through such date.
9. Termination Payments and Benefits. If the Executive's employment
hereunder is involuntarily terminated by the Company other than for Cause (as
defined herein) prior to the end of the term of this Agreement, then the Company
shall be obligated to pay to the Executive certain termination payments and make
available certain benefits during the termination payment period, as follows:
(a) Termination Payment Period. The Termination Payment Period
shall be the fraction of a year, if any, remaining from the date of
termination to the first anniversary of the Effective Date.
(b) Calculation of Termination Payment. The termination payment
shall equal the product of the Termination Payment Period as set forth
above in subsection (a) multiplied by the sum of (i) the Executive's
highest annual base salary during the three-year period prior to the
Executive's termination plus (ii) the Executive's average annual cash
incentive compensation award during the three-year period prior to the
Executive's termination. For purposes of this subsection (b), the
applicable three-year period shall include employment with RSI.
(c) Method of Payment. The termination payment shall be paid to
the Executive in a lump sum payment in cash or by check or wire
transfer within five (5) days or the termination of the Executive's
employment.
(d) Benefits.
(i) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in
any option agreement or other agreement or in any plan, (x)
all of the Executive's outstanding stock options shall
immediately become exercisable and (y) all restrictions on
any other equity awards shall lapse and such awards shall
vest.
(ii) During the Termination Payment Period as set
forth above in subsection (a), the Company shall use its
best efforts to maintain in full force and effect for
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the continued benefit of the Executive all employee welfare
benefit plans and perquisite programs in which the
Executive was entitled to participate immediately prior to
the Executive's termination or shall arrange to make
available to the Executive benefits substantially similar to
those which the Executive would otherwise have been entitled
to receive if his employment had not been terminated. Such
welfare benefits shall be provided to the Executive on the
same terms and conditions (including employee contributions
toward the premium payments) under which the Executive was
entitled to participate immediately prior to his
termination. The Company does not guarantee a favorable tax
consequence to the Executive for continued coverage and
benefits under the Company-sponsored plans nor will it
indemnify the Executive for such results except with respect
to the life insurance plan made available under Section 5.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
the Executive's continued coverage under the Company's
medical and dental plan, or a successor plan, pursuant to
this provision, the Executive's "qualifying event" for
purposes of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985 ("COBRA") shall be his date of termination from
the Company.
(iv) Any termination payments hereunder shall not be
taken into account for purposes of any retirement plan or
other benefit plan sponsored by the Company, except as
otherwise expressly required by such plans or applicable
law.
(v) The Company shall provide to the Executive
reimbursement for relocation expenses on a basis consistent
with the Company's practices for senior executives.
(e) Termination for Cause. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Cause" shall mean
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(i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive
to perform substantially the Executive's duties with the
Company or one of its subsidiaries (other than any such
failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental
illness), after a written demand for substantial performance
is delivered to the Executive by the Chief Executive Officer
which specifically identifies the manner in which the Chief
Executive Officer believes that the Executive has not
substantially performed the Executive's duties, or
(ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in illegal
conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Company, its successors or
assigns.
For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part
of the Executive, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without
reasonable belief that the Executive's action or omission was in the
best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon
authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or
upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or based upon the
advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be
done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the
best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the
Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there
shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly
adopted by the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for
such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and
the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be
heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of
the Board, the Executive has engaged in the conduct described in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof
in detail.
(f) Change in Control. A "Change in Control" of the Company shall
mean any of the following events that occurs after the Effective Date:
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(i) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute
the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided,
however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent
to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for
election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a
vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose
initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual
or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
Person (as defined in Section 9(f)(ii)) other than the
Board; or
(ii) Any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a
"Person") is or becomes the beneficial owner (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of
50% or more of the Company's stock generally entitled to
vote for the election of directors ("Voting Stock") or the
consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or other transaction (a "Business
Transaction"), in each case, unless, following such Business
Transaction, (i) no Person (excluding any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation
resulting from such Business Transaction) beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, 50% or more of, respectively, the
then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company or
the corporation resulting from such Business Transaction and
(ii) at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such Business
Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time
of the execution of the
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initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing
for such Business Transaction; or
(iii) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
subsection (f), the Merger shall not constitute a Change in
Control.
(g) Disability Defined. "Disability" shall mean the absence of
the Executive from the Executive's duties with the Company on a full-
time basis for 180 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity
due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and
permanent by a physician selected by the Company, its successors or
assigns or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the
Executive's legal representative.
(h) No Obligation to Mitigate. The Executive is under no
obligation to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment provided
for hereunder by seeking other employment or otherwise; provided,
however, that the Executive's coverage under the Company's welfare
benefit plans will terminate when the Executive becomes covered under
any employee benefit plan made available by another employer and
covering the same type of benefits. The Executive shall notify the
Company within thirty (30) days after the commencement of any such
benefits.
(i) Effect of Change of Control Agreement and Prior Agreement.
The Executive's severance benefits under Section 9 (d) (ii) of this
Agreement shall be reduced to the extent that the Executive is or
becomes entitled to receive comparable benefits under the terms of the
Prior Agreement or the "Change in Control Agreement".
(j) Certain Additional Payments by the Company.
(i) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding and except as set forth below, in the event it shall
be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or
for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this
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Agreement or otherwise (including, without limitation, amounts
attributable to the acceleration of vesting of stock options), but
determined without regard to any additional payments required under
this Section 9(k)) (a "Payment") would be subject to the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are
incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise
tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive
shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up
Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all
taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to
such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any
interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax
imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of
the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the
Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
9(k)(i), if it shall be determined that the Executive is entitled to a
Gross-Up Payment, but that the Payments do not exceed 110% of the
greatest amount (the "Reduced Amount") that could be paid to the
Executive such that the receipt of Payments would not give rise to any
Excise Tax, then no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Executive
and the Payments, in the aggregate, shall be reduced to the Reduced
Amount.
(ii) Subject to the provisions of Section 9(k)(iii), all
determinations required to be made under this Section 9(k), including
whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such
Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at
such determination, shall be made by KPMG Peat Marwick or such other
certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Executive
(the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting
calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business
days of the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a
Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. In the
event that the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for
the individual, entity or group effecting the Change of Control, the
Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized accounting firm
to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm
shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All
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fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the
Company. Any Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section
9(k), shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within five days
of the receipt of the Accounting Firm's determination. Any
determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company
and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application
of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination
by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Cross-Up
Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been
made ("Underpayment"), consistent with the calculations required to be
made hereunder. In the event that the Company exhausts its remedies
pursuant to Section 9(k) (iii) and the Executive thereafter is
required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm
shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and
any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to or for
the benefit of the Executive.
(iii) The Executive shall notify the Company in writing of
any claim by the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would
require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up Payment. Such
notification shall be given as soon as practicable but no later than
ten business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such
claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and
the date on which such claim is requested to be paid. The Executive
shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period
following the date on which it gives such notice to the Company (or
such shorter period ending on the date than any payment of taxes with
respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive
in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to
contest such claim, the Executive shall:
(A) give the Company any information reasonably
requested by the Company relating to such claim,
(B) take such action in connection with contesting
such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from
time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal
representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably
selected by the Company,
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(C) cooperate with the Company in good faith in
order effectively to contest such claim, and
(D) permit the Company to participate in any
proceedings relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and
expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection
with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an
after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and
penalties with respect thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and
payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of
this Section 9(k) (iii), the Company shall control all proceedings taken in
connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forgo any
and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the
taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either
direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the
claim in any permissible manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute such
contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of
initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall
determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay
such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such
payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold
the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax
(including interest or penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to
such advance or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance;
and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating
to payment of taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which
such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested
amount. Furthermore, the Company's control of the contest shall be limited to
issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and
the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any
other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority.
(iv) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount
advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 9(k) (iii), the Executive becomes
entitled to receive any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall
(subject to the Company's complying with the requirements of Section 9(k)
(iii)) promptly pay to the Company the amount of such refund (together
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with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If,
after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant
to Section 9(k)(iii), a determination is made that the Executive shall not be
entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not
notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial or refund
prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance
shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such
advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment
required to be paid.
10. Additional Covenants of the Executive.
(a) The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business
of the Company and its subsidiaries is the broadline foodservice distribution
business (the "Present Business"); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries
constitute one of a limited number of persons who have developed the Present
Business; (iii) the Executive's work for the Company and its subsidiaries has
given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and
proprietary information of the Company and its subsidiaries not readily
available to the public; and (iv) the agreements and covenants of the Executive
contained in this Section 10 are essential to the business and goodwill of the
Company. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:
(b) While employed by the Company and for a period of one year
following the termination of this Agreement, he will not, (I) in any state
(other than any Excluded State, as defined below) where the Company or its
subsidiaries is then conducting business, directly or indirectly: (1) engage in
the Present Business and any other principal line of business developed by the
Company or its subsidiaries during the term of this Agreement which, in each
case, is then being conducted by the Company or its subsidiaries (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Company Business") for the Executive's own
account; (2) render any services in any capacity to any person (other than the
Company or its affiliates) engaged in such activities; or (3) become interested
in any person (other than the Company or its affiliates) engaged in such
activities as a partner, shareholder, principal, agent, trustee, consultant or
in any other relationship or capacity; provided, however, that the Executive may
own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, securities of any person
which are traded on any national securities exchange or NASDAQ if the Executive
(A) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such
person and (B) does not, directly or indirectly,
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own one percent (1%) or more of any class of securities of such person, or (II)
become an employee of, consultant to, or otherwise render services to any of
SYSCO Corporation, Alliant Foodservice (formerly Kraft) or any of their
respective affiliates or successors. For purposes of this Section 10(a),
"Excluded State" shall mean any state in which annual sales of the Company
Business in the most recently completed fiscal year were less than $1 million.
(c) During the Employment Period and thereafter, the Executive
shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for his
benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and
affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all confidential matters relating to
the Company Business and to the Company and its affiliates learned by the
Executive heretofore or hereafter, directly or indirectly, from the Company and
its affiliates, including any information concerning the business, affairs,
customers, clients, sources or supply and customer lists of the Company and its
affiliates (the "Confidential Company Information") and shall not disclose them
to anyone except with the Company's express written consent and except for
Confidential Company Information which (1) is at the time of receipt or
thereafter becomes publicly known, through no breach of this Agreement by the
Executive or (2) is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep
such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement by the
Executive. These rights of the Company are in addition to and without
limitation to those rights and remedies available under common law for
protection of the types of such confidential information which constitute
"trade secrets" as construed under controlling law.
(d) For a period of one year following the termination of this
Agreement, the Executive shall not, without the Company's prior written consent,
directly or indirectly, knowingly solicit or encourage to leave the employment
of the Company and its subsidiaries, any employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or hire any employee who has left the employment of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries within one year of the termination of such employee's
employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(e) Any Confidential Company Information (including any memoranda,
notes, lists, records and other documents and all copies thereof) made or
compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive concerning the
Company's Business or the Company or any of its affiliates shall be the
Company's property, shall be kept confidential in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 10 and shall be delivered to the Company at any time on request.
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(f) If the Executive breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of,
any of the provisions of Section 10 (the "Restrictive Covenants"), the Company
shall have the right and remedy, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
rights and remedies available to the Company under law or in equity, to have the
Restrictive Covenants specifically enforced by any court having equity
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to an entry against the
Executive of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory,
temporary and permanent) against violations, threatened or actual, and whether
or not then continuing, of such covenants, it being acknowledged and agreed that
any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the
Company and that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy to the
Company.
11. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute, controversy or claim
arising out of any provisions of this Agreement (excluding, however, any
dispute, controversy or claim arising out of Section 10), the parties agree to
submit such dispute, controversy or claim to arbitration and that the
determination in such arbitration shall be final and binding. Arbitration shall
be effected in the State of Maryland by a panel of three arbitrators in
accordance with the commercial arbitration rules then in force of the American
Arbitration Association, which shall administer the arbitration and act as
appointing authority. In the event of any conflict between the rules and the
provisions of this Section 11, the provisions of this Section 11 shall govern.
The arbitrators shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with the
substantive laws of the State of Maryland. Any judgment upon the award of the
arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof, with costs
of the arbitration to be borne equally by the parties, except that each party
shall pay the fees and expenses of its own counsel in the arbitration.
12. Legal Fees and Expenses. In the event of litigation between the
parties regarding interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, the parties
agree that the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable
attorneys' and related fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
litigation.
13. Certain Agreements with RSI. From and after the Effective Date,
the Change in Control Agreement, the Prior Agreement and the Supplemental
Retirement Plan for the Executive, originally effective as of July 20, 1994, and
as amended effective June 19, 1995, between RSI and the Executive (the
"Supplemental Retirement Plan") shall remain in full force and effect. The
Company will, and will cause Merger Sub to, honor
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and perform the Change in Control Agreement, the Prior Agreement and the
Supplemental Retirement Plan in accordance with their respective terms, as
modified by this Section 15. The commencement of the Executive's employment with
the Company on the Effective Date under the terms of this Agreement shall be
treated as follows:
(a) For purposes of the Change in Control Agreement, the
employment of the Executive with RSI shall be treated as having been terminated
by RSI after the occurrence of a Change in Control other than by reason of the
Executive's death. The Date of Termination shall be deemed to be the day
immediately prior to the Effective Date; provided, however, for purposes of
Section 3(C) of the Change in Control Agreement, the Date of Termination shall
be deemed to be the date of termination of the Executive's employment with the
Company. Except as modified by the preceding sentence, as used in this Section
13(a), the terms "Change in Control" and "Date of Termination" shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Change in Control Agreement. The
applicable benefit plans and perquisite programs shall be determined based upon
those in effect at RSI immediately prior to the Effective Date.
(b) For purposes of the Prior Agreement, the employment of the
Executive with RSI shall be treated as having been involuntarily terminated by
RSI other than for Cause. Such termination shall be deemed to have been
implemented with prior written notice and to be effective on the day prior to
the EFfective Date; provided, however, that (i) for purposes of the third
paragraph of Section 9(d) of the Prior Agreement, the Executive's "qualifying
event" shall be deemed to be the date of termination with the Company, and (ii)
for purposes of Section 9(b) of the Prior Agreement, coverage by the Company or
any Affiliate shall not be taken into account. For purposes of the second
paragraph of Section 9(d) of the Prior Agreement, the applicable benefit plans
and perquisite programs shall be determined based upon those in effect at RSI
immediately prior to the Effective Date.
(c) For purposes of the Supplemental Retirement Plan, the
employment of the Executive with RSI and all Affiliates shall be treated as
having been terminated other than by reason of his death or an approved leave of
absence. The Executive's Termination of Employment shall be deemed to occur on
the date immediately prior to the Effective Date; provided, however, that (i)
for purposes of Section 4.6 of the Supplemental Retirement Plan, the employment
by the Company or any affiliate on or after the Effective Date shall not be
treated as reemployment by the Employer or an Affiliate for purposes of
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the Supplemental Retirement Plan, and (ii) the Executive's accrued benefit under
the Qualified Pension Plan for purposes of Section 4.1(a)(ii) of the
Supplemental Retirement Plan shall be based on his accrued benefit under the
Qualified Pension Plan determined as of the day immediately prior to the
Effective Date. Except as provided in this Section 13(c), the terms "Affiliate",
"Termination of Employment", "Qualified Pension Plan" and "Employer" shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Supplemental Retirement Plan.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) Affiliate Definition. "Affiliate" shall mean any person,
firm or corporation which directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
persons specified.
(b) Company, Successors and Assigns Definitions. (i) The
Company, its successors or assigns shall mean the Company and/or its past,
present and future affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, facilities, parents,
successors, predecessors and assigns, and their respective past, present and
future officers, directors, managers, shareholders, agents, representatives,
attorneys and employees.
(ii) RSI, its successors or assigns shall mean RSI and/or its past,
present and future affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, facilities, parents,
successors, predecessors and assigns, and their respective past, present and
future officers, directors, managers, shareholders, agents, representatives,
attorneys and employees.
(c) Amendments. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing
executed by each of the parties hereto.
(d) Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof,
and supersedes all prior contracts, agreements, arrangements, communications,
discussions, representations and warranties, whether oral or written, between
the parties; provided, however, that the Prior Agreement, the Change in Control
Agreement and the Supplemental Retirement Plan shall be subject to Section 13.
(e) Law and Interpretation. This Agreement shall be governed
by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Maryland. With respect to each and every term and condition in this Agreement,
the parties understand and agree that the same have or has been mutually
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negotiated, prepared and drafted, and that if at any time the parties hereto
desire or are required to interpret or construe any such term or condition or
any agreement or instrument subject hereto, no consideration shall be given to
the issue of which party hereto actually prepared, drafted or requested any term
or condition of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument subject hereto.
(f) Notices. Any notice, request or other communication
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given (a) when received if personally delivered, (b) within 12 hours
after being sent by telecopy, with telecopy confirmation, and (c) when received
(as established by written receipt) if sent by established overnight courier to
the parties (and to the persons to whom copies shall be sent) at:
To the Company: JP Foodservice, Inc.
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Telecopy No.: (410) 312-7149
Attention: David M. Abramson, Esq.
With a copy to: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Telecopy No.: (212) 403-2000
Attention: Edward D. Herlihy, Esq.
To the Executive: Mr. Mark Van Stekelenburg
34 Deverell Drive
North Barrington, Illinois 60010
Telecopy No.:
With a copy to:
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Any party by notice given to the other party in accordance with this Section
14(f) may change the address or the persons to whom notices or copies thereof
shall be directed.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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(h) Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns
and heirs, as set forth herein, but no rights, obligations or liabilities
hereunder shall be assignable by the Executive without the prior written
consent of the Company, its successors or assigns.
(i) Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended,
superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived,
only be a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver,
by the party waiving compliance. No delay on the part of either party in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of either party of such right, power
or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
privilege, preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other such right, power or privilege.
(j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are solely for
convenience of reference and shall not be given any effect in the construction
or interpretation of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has executed, and the Company has
caused its duly authorized representative to execute, this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By
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Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Exhibit 4.1
AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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THIS AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 1997 (this
"Amendment"), is made and entered into by Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and Chase Mellon Shareholder Services L.L.C., as
successor in interest to Chemical Bank (the "Rights Agent").
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has
approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 1997 (as the same
may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and between the
Company and JP Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JP"), providing for
the Merger of the Company with and into Hudson Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of JP ("Merger Sub"), with Merger Sub as the surviving corporation
(the "Merger");
WHEREAS, the Board has approved a Stock Option Agreement, dated as of
June 30, 1997 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the "Company Option
Agreement"), by and between the Company and JP pursuant to which the Company has
granted JP the option, on the terms and conditions stated therein, to purchase
shares of the Company's outstanding Common Stock, $.10 par value per share;
WHEREAS, the Company is a party to an Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement, dated as of May 15, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement");
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement of JP's willingness to enter
into the Merger Agreement and the JP Option Agreement (as defined in the Merger
Agreement), JP has requested that the Company agree, and the Company has agreed,
to execute and deliver this Amendment in order to permit, inter alia, execution
and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Company Option Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby without causing the Rights
to become exercisable; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that this Amendment is necessary and
desirable to effectuate the purposes of the Rights Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 26 of the Rights Agreement,
the Company and the Rights Agent hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without other
definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Rights
Agreement, as heretofore amended.
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(b) The definition of "Acquiring Person" in Section 1(a) of the
Rights Agreement is amended by deleting the word "or" prior to "(iv)" and by
adding the following new clause (v) after the word "thereto" at the end of
clause (iv) and before the period at the end of such definition:
", or (v) neither JP nor any Affiliate or Associate of JP shall be deemed
to be or to have become an Acquiring Person (I) solely as a result of the
execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement and
the Company Option Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, or (II) solely as a result of JP or any Affiliate or
Associate of JP being or becoming the Beneficial Owner of not more than two
percent of the Common Stock then outstanding (in addition to the Common
Stock that JP has become the Beneficial Owner of as the result of its
execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement and
the Company Option Agreement), excluding, however, for purposes of
determining whether such two percent limitation has been exceeded, Common
Stock that JP would be deemed the Beneficial Owner of because any JPFI
Benefit Plan (as that term is defined in the Merger Agreement) is the
Beneficial Owner of such Common Stock as of the date of the Amendment"
(c) The definition of "Expiration Date" in Section 7(a) of the Rights
Agreement is amended by deleting the word "or" prior to "(ii)" and by adding the
following new clause (iii) after the words "Section 23" at the end of clause
(ii) thereof:
", or (iii) immediately prior to the Effective Time (as that term is
defined in the Merger Agreement)"
(d) Section 1(k) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following new subsections immediately thereafter:
"(l) "Company Option Agreement" means that certain Stock Option Agreement,
dated as of June 30, 1997, by and between the Company and JP, by which
the Company will grant to JP an option to purchase up to 19.9% of the
Common Stock, subject to and upon the terms specified therein, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
(m) "JP" means JP Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(n) "Merger Agreement" means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of June 30, 1997, by and among the Company, Hudson
Acquisition Corp. and JP, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
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(o) "Support Agreement" means that certain Support Agreement, dated as of
June 30, 1997, by and between JP and the ML Entities."
2. Amendment of Flip-in Event. Section 11(a)(ii)(B) of the Rights
Agreement is amended by adding the following after the semicolon at the end
thereof:
"provided, further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no event
described in this Section 11(a)(ii)(B) shall be deemed to have occurred (x)
solely as the result of the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement,
the Support Agreement and the Company Option Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby, or (y) solely as a result of JP
or any of its Affiliates or Associates being or becoming the Beneficial
Owner of not more than two percent of the Common Stock then outstanding (in
addition to the Common Stock that JP has become the Beneficial Owner of as
the result of its execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, the
Support Agreement and the Company Option Agreement), excluding, however,
for purposes of determining whether such two percent limitation has been
exceeded, Common Stock that JP would be deemed the Beneficial Owner of
because any JPFI Benefit Plan (as that term is defined in the Merger
Agreement) is the Beneficial Owner of as of the date of the Amendment;"
3. Amendment of Flip-over Event. Section 13(a)(x) of the Rights
Agreement is amended by adding the phrase "(other than JP or Merger Sub (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) pursuant to the Merger Agreement)" after the
word "Person" and before the word "and".
4. Effective Time. This Amendment shall be effective immediately prior
to the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Company Option
Agreement.
5. Full Force. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Rights Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions
thereof on the date hereof.
6. Governing Law and Document. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware and
for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal substantive laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and
performed entirely within such State. This Amendment is an amendment to the
Rights Agreement pursuant to Section 26 of the Rights Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By:/s/ Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Name: Mark Van Stekelenburg
Title: Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Attest:
By:/s/ Robert J. Harter, Jr.
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Name: Robert J. Harter, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED.
CHASE MELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES L.L.C.
By:/s/ Laura R. Picone
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Name: Laura R. Picone
Title: Vice President
Date: June 30, 1997
Attest:
By:/s/ Jared Fassler
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Name: Jared Fassler
Title: Assistant Vice President
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Exhibit 99.1
JP FOODSERVICE AND RYKOFF SEXTON TO MERGE IN $1.4 BILLION
TRANSACTION CREATING NATION'S SECOND-LARGEST FOODSERVICE
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, WITH ANNUAL SALES OF $5.2 BILLION
COLUMBIA, MD and WILKES-BARRE, PA, June 30, 1997 - JP Foodservice,
Inc. ("JP") (NYSE:JPF), of Columbia, Maryland, and Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
("Rykoff") (NYSE:RYK) of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, which also does business
under the US Foodservice name, today announced that they have signed a
definitive agreement under which JP and Rykoff will merge in a transaction
establishing the combined enterprise as the nation's second-largest foodservice
distribution company, with annual sales of $5.2 billion. The transaction, which
the parties expect to complete by year-end, values Rykoff at $1.4 billion
including assumed debt. It will create a company with nationwide distribution
capabilities and a customer base of more than 130,000 restaurant, hotel and
institutional foodservice customers throughout the United States. The merger
will also create substantial synergies, and it is anticipated that the
transaction will be accretive to JP's earnings per share for calendar year 1998
and thereafter.
Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by
the boards of directors of both companies, JP and Rykoff will merge in an
exchange of stock in which Rykoff shareholders will receive shares of JP at a
fixed exchange ratio of 0.84 JP shares for each Rykoff share they hold. The
transaction is not subject to a collar. It will be accounted for using the
pooling-of-interests method and is intended to qualify as a tax-free
reorganization. Based on JP's closing stock price of $30.125 on Friday, June
27, 1997, the 0.84 exchange ratio, the approximately 28.6 million shares of
Rykoff common stock on a fully diluted basis, and the assumption of JP of
approximately $700 million of Rykoff debt, the transaction has a total
enterprise value of approximately $1.4 billion. Current shareholders of JP and
of Rykoff will own approximately equal stakes in the combined enterprise.
Shareholders representing
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approximately 36 percent of Rykoff have signed shareholder agreements to vote in
favor of the transaction.
Upon completion of the transaction, Jim Miller, current Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of JP, will be Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the combined company, and Mark Van Stekelenburg, current
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rykoff, will be Vice Chairman and
President of the combined company. The company's board will consist of the nine
current JP directors, seven current Rykoff directors, and one new independent
director to be added after closing.
Following completion, the combined company will be known as JP
Foodservice, Inc., and will be headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. Its stock
will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the JPF symbol.
Reflecting the company's national scope, all operating units of the combined
enterprise, in a process that will begin after completion of the merger, will be
renamed to do business as US Foodservice.
Mr. Miller said: "This strategic business combination brings together
two strong companies with highly complementary operations, geographies, product
lines and management resources. Together, we will be the second-largest
foodservice distributor in the United States and will be well-positioned to
continue to pursue attractive growth opportunities in our industry. We will
also be well-positioned to achieve operational and other synergies that will
benefit our many thousands of restaurant, hotel and institutional foodservice
customers. In short, this transaction represents a unique opportunity to build
the value of the combined enterprise for our respective customers, employees,
vendors and other business partners and, in turn, shareholders."
Mr. Van Stekelenburg said: "This merger builds upon the tremendous
progress we at Rykoff have made over the past two years in sharpening our
strategic focus, improving our
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operational efficiency, and positioning the company for sustained, profitable
growth. Over the past year, we have successfully integrated the former US
Foodservice and Rykoff-Sexton operations, realizing $15 million of annualized
synergies. We are fully confident that we can benefit from this experience in
integrating JP's and Rykoff's respective businesses. We are pleased to be part
of a combined enterprise whose distribution network will encompass more than 85
percent of the U.S. population, whose product mix will include a broad range of
domestic and imported offerings, and whose distribution, technological and
marketing skills will set the industry standard. Furthermore, this transaction
will add incremental value for Rykoff shareholders."
The combined company's product offerings will include the best brands
of each predecessor company, including the Rykoff-Sexton brand, one of the
nation's oldest and most respected private label brands.
Completion of the transaction is subject to shareholder and regulatory
approval, including expiration of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, and other customary closing conditions.
JP intends to file a registration statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission covering the share of common stock to be issued in
connection with the proposed merger. The offering of shares will only be by
means of the registration statement and related prospectus.
Rykoff-Sexton was advised by Merrill Lynch & Co. and Wasserstein
Perella & Co., Inc. with regard to the transaction and JP Foodservice was
advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Smith Barney Inc. and Paine Webber. Advisors
to both companies have rendered opinions that the transaction is fair to their
respective clients from a financial point of view.
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Rykoff-Sexton provides over 35,000 food and related non-food items to
approximately 100,000 restaurants and other dining establishments, health care
and educational facilities, and wherever food is prepared away from home, and
employs over 8,500 foodservice professionals. Distribution centers,
manufacturing operations and contract design facilities are located throughout
the United States.
JP is a leading distributor of food and related products to
restaurants and institutional foodservice establishments in the Mid-Atlantic,
Midwestern, Northeastern and Western regions of the United States. JP markets
and distributes 30,000 national, private label and signature brand items to over
34,000 foodservice customers, including restaurants, hotels, healthcare
facilities, cafeterias and schools, and employs over 3,500 foodservice
professionals. JP's diverse customer base encompasses both independent and
chain businesses, including Old Country Buffet, Perkins Family Restaurants,
Subway, Eurest Dining Services, Pizzeria Uno and Ruby Tuesdays.
Information Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
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The statements in this press release regarding the companies, or their
respective managements' expectations regarding future performance or events,
including those regarding earnings, efficiencies, business performance, market
position and operations, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are
subject to uncertainties that could cause the individual or combined company's
actual operating and other results to differ materially from those set forth in
this press release. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, the sensitivity of the companies' businesses to national and regional
economic conditions, the effects of inflation and deflation in
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food prices, the highly competitive markets in which the companies operate, the
effect of governmental or regulatory action and the companies' ability to
successfully integrate their businesses and operations following the merger.
JP's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 23, 1997, and Rykoff's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 27, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 13, 1997, discuss some of the important factors that could
cause JP's or Rykoff's actual results, as the case may be, to differ materially
from those in such forward-looking statements.
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Exhibit 99.2
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THE OPTION EVIDENCED BY THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
TO A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GRANTEE.
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is dated as of June 30, 1997, between JP
Foodservice, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Grantee"), and Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation ("Issuer").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Grantee, Issuer and Merger Sub ("Merger Sub"), a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grantee, have entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") which provides, among
other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Issuer
will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to its willingness to enter into the Merger
Agreement, Grantee has required that Issuer agree, and Issuer has agreed, to
enter into this Stock Option Agreement, which provides, among other things, that
Issuer grant to Grantee an option to purchase shares of Issuer's Common Stock,
par value $.10 per share ("Issuer Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to
the conditions provided for herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
and agreements contained in this Stock Option Agreement and the Merger
Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Stock Option Agreement, Issuer hereby grants to Grantee an irrevocable option
(the "Option") to purchase from Issuer 5,564,140 shares of Issuer Common Stock
(but in no event to exceed 19.9% of the then outstanding shares of Issuer Common
Stock) (the "Option Shares"), in the manner set forth below, at an exercise
price of $25.305 per share of Issuer Common Stock, subject to adjustment as
provided below (the "Option Price"). Capitalized terms used herein but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
2. Exercise of Option.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
in Section 9 of this Stock Option Agreement, prior to the termination of this
Stock Option Agreement in accordance with its terms, Grantee or its designee
(which shall be a wholly owned subsidiary of Grantee) may exercise the
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Option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time on or after the
public disclosure of, or the time at which Grantee shall have learned of, the
earliest event to occur of the following:
(i) any person or group (1) other than Grantee, its affiliates
or the ML Entities (as such term is defined in that certain Standstill
Agreement (the "Standstill Agreement"), dated as of May 17, 1996, by
and among Issuer and the other persons listed on the signature pages
thereto) shall have acquired or become the beneficial owners (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock, or (2)
other than Grantee or its affiliates shall have been granted any
option or right, conditional or otherwise, to acquire more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock
(provided that in the event that such option or right expires
unexercised, then to the extent the Option has not already been
exercised, it shall no longer be exercisable except as otherwise
provided in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section
2(a));
(ii) the ML Entities and their affiliates in the aggregate (1)
shall have acquired or become the beneficial owners (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a percentage of the
outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock greater than the sum of (A)
the ML Entities' proportionate ownership of such outstanding Issuer
Common Stock on the date hereof and (B) the Additional Percentage (as
defined in the Standstill Agreement) to the extent acquired pursuant
to Section 3.1(c) of the Standstill Agreement, or (2) shall have been
granted any option or right, conditional or otherwise, other than any
such option or right in existence immediately prior to the date hereof
and previously disclosed to Grantee, to acquire any outstanding shares
of Issuer Common Stock that, together with any other shares of Issuer
Common Stock then beneficially owned by such ML Entities, would exceed
the sum of (A) the ML Entities' proportionate ownership of such
outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock on the date hereof and (B)
the Additional Percentage to the extent acquired pursuant to Section
3.1(c) of the Standstill Agreement (provided that in the event that
such option or right expires unexercised, then to the extent the
Option has not already been exercised, it shall no longer be
exercisable except as otherwise provided in clause (i), (ii), (iii),
(iv) or (v) of this Section 2(a));
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(iii) any person other than Grantee and its affiliates shall have
made a tender offer or exchange offer (or entered into an agreement to
make such a tender offer or exchange offer) for at least twenty
percent (20%) of the then outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock
(provided that in the event that such tender offer or exchange offer
or agreement is withdrawn or terminates, as the case may be, prior to
consummation of such offer or the transactions contemplated by such
agreement, then to the extent the Option has not already been
exercised, it shall no longer be exercisable except as otherwise
provided in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section
2(a));
(iv) Issuer shall have entered into a written definitive
agreement or written agreement in principle with any person other than
Grantee or its affiliates in connection with a liquidation,
dissolution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or acquisition or
purchase of all or a material portion of the assets of Issuer and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or all or a material portion of the
equity interest in Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
other similar transaction or business combination (each, an
"Acquisition Transaction"); or
(v) any person other than Grantee or its affiliates shall have
made a proposal to Issuer or its stockholders to engage in an
Acquisition Transaction.
(b) In the event Grantee wishes to exercise the Option at such time as
the Option is exercisable, Grantee shall deliver written notice (the "Exercise
Notice") to Issuer specifying its intention to exercise the Option, the total
number of Option Shares it wishes to purchase and a date and time for the
closing of such purchase (a "Closing") not less than three (3) nor more than
thirty (30) business days after the later of (i) the date such Exercise Notice
is given and (ii) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the
"HSR Act"). If prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 11 below) any
person or group (other than Grantee or its affiliates) (1) shall have made a
bona fide proposal that becomes publicly disclosed with respect to (I) a tender
offer or exchange offer for fifty percent (50%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Issuer Common Stock (a "Share Proposal"), (II) a merger, consolidation
or other business combination with Issuer (a "Merger Proposal") or (III) any
acquisition of a material portion of the assets of Issuer (an "Asset Proposal"),
or (2) shall have acquired fifty percent (50%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Issuer Common Stock (a "Share Acquisition"), and this Option is then
exercisable, then Grantee, in lieu of exercising the Option, shall have the
right at any time
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thereafter (for so long as the Option is exercisable under Section 2(a)) to
request in writing that Issuer pay, and promptly (but in any event not more than
five (5) business days) after the giving by Grantee of such request, Issuer
shall, subject to Section 2(c) below, pay to Grantee, in cancellation of the
Option, an amount in cash (the "Cancellation Amount") equal to
(i) the excess over the Option Price of the greater of (A) the
last sale price of a share of Issuer Common Stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on the last trading day prior to the date of the
Exercise Notice, or (B)(1) the highest price per share of Issuer Common
Stock offered or proposed to be paid or paid by any such person or group
pursuant to or in connection with a Share Proposal, a Share Acquisition or
a Merger Proposal or (2) the aggregate consideration offered to be paid or
paid in any transaction or proposed transaction in connection with an Asset
Proposal, divided by the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock then
outstanding, multiplied by
(ii) the number of Option Shares then covered by the Option;
provided, however, that the Cancellation Amount shall be reduced by any amount
actually paid to Grantee by Issuer pursuant to Section 7.5(b) of the Merger
Agreement (the "Termination Fee"). If all or a portion of the price per share of
Issuer Common Stock offered, paid or payable or the aggregate consideration
offered, paid or payable for the assets of Issuer, each as contemplated by the
preceding sentence, consists of noncash consideration, such price or aggregate
consideration shall be the cash consideration, if any, plus the fair market
value of the non-cash consideration as determined by the investment bankers of
Issuer and the investment bankers of Grantee (or, if such investment bankers
cannot agree within ten (10) business days of such question being submitted for
such determination, then promptly by an independent investment banker chosen by
Grantee's investment bankers and reasonably acceptable to Issuer's investment
bankers).
(c) Following exercise of the Option by Grantee, in the event that
Grantee sells, pledges or otherwise disposes of (including, without limitation,
by merger or exchange) any of the Option Shares (a "Sale"), then any Termination
Fee due and payable by Issuer following such time shall be reduced to the extent
of the amounts received (whether in cash, loan proceeds, securities or
otherwise) by Grantee in such Sale less the exercise price of such Option Shares
sold in the Sale (the "Option Share Profit"); provided, however, that in no
event shall the Termination Fee be reduced below zero. If Issuer has paid to
Grantee the Termination Fee prior to a Sale, then Grantee shall immediately
remit to Issuer the Option Share Profit realized in
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such Sale, but only to the extent that such Option Share Profit, in the
aggregate with any other Option Share Profit realized in a Sale subsequent to
payment of the Termination Fee, is less than or equal to the amount of the
Termination Fee.
3. Payment of Option Price and Delivery of Certificate. (a) Any
Closings under Section 2 of this Stock Option Agreement shall be held at the
principal executive offices of Issuer, or at such other place as Issuer and
Grantee may agree.
(b) Subject to Section 3(c), at any Closing hereunder, (x) Grantee or
its designee will make payment to Issuer of the aggregate price for the Option
Shares being so purchased by delivery of a certified check, official bank check
or wire transfer of funds pursuant to Issuer's instructions payable to Issuer in
an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Option Price by the
number of Option Shares to be purchased, and (y) upon receipt of such payment
Issuer will deliver to Grantee or its designee (which shall be a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grantee) a certificate or certificates representing the number of
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Option Shares so purchased, in the
denominations and registered in such names (which shall be Grantee or a wholly
owned subsidiary of Grantee) designated to Issuer in writing by Grantee.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any Closing
involving the payment of a Cancellation Amount, (x) Grantee will deliver to
Issuer for cancellation the Option and (y) Issuer or its designee will make
payment to Grantee of the Cancellation Amount by delivery of a certified check,
official bank check or wire transfer of funds pursuant to Grantee's
instructions.
4. Registration and Listing of Option Shares.
(a) Issuer agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to (i) effect as
promptly as possible upon the request of Grantee and (ii) cause to become and
remain effective for a period of not less than six (6) months (or such shorter
period as may be necessary to effect the distribution of such shares), the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and any applicable state securities laws, of all or any part of the
Option Shares as may be specified in such request; provided, however, that (i)
Grantee shall have the right to select the managing underwriter for any
underwritten offering of such Option Shares after consultation with Issuer,
which managing underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to Issuer and (ii)
Grantee shall not be entitled to more than two (2) effective registration
statements hereunder.
(b) In addition to such demand registrations, if Issuer proposes to
effect a registration of Issuer Common Stock for its own account or for the
account of any other stockholder
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of Issuer, Issuer will give prompt written notice to all holders of Options or
Option Shares of its intention to do so and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to include therein all Option Shares requested by Grantee to be so
included. No registration effected under this Section 4(b) shall relieve Issuer
of its obligations to effect demand registrations under Section 4(a) hereof.
(c) Registrations effected under this Section 4 shall be effected at
Issuer's expense, including the fees and expenses of counsel to the holder of
Options or Option Shares, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
to brokers or dealers. In connection with each registration under this Section
4, Issuer shall indemnify and hold each holder of Options or Option Shares
participating in such offering (a "Holder"), its underwriters and each of their
respective affiliates harmless against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, investigation expenses
and fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants), joint or several, to
which such Holder, its underwriters and each of their respective affiliates may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any registration statement (including any prospectus
therein), or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
other than such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in
respect thereof) which arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in written information
furnished by a Holder to Issuer expressly for use in such registration
statement.
(d) In connection with any registration statement pursuant to this
Section 4, each Holder agrees to furnish Issuer with such information concerning
itself and the proposed sale or distribution as shall reasonably be required in
order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act. In
addition, Grantee shall indemnify and hold Issuer, its underwriters and each of
their respective affiliates harmless against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation investigation
expenses and fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants), joint or
several, to which Issuer, its underwriters and each of their respective
affiliates may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in written information furnished by any
Holder to Issuer expressly for use in such registration statement. In no event
shall the liability of any
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Holder or any affiliate thereof under this Section 4 be greater in amount than
the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of payment of all expenses) received by
such Holder upon the sale of the Option Shares giving rise to such
indemnification obligation.
(e) Upon the issuance of Option Shares hereunder, Issuer will use its
reasonable best efforts promptly to list such Option Shares with the New York
Stock Exchange or on such national or other exchange on which the shares of
Issuer Common Stock are at the time principally listed.
5. Representations and Warranties of Issuer. Issuer hereby
represents and warrants to Grantee as follows:
(a) Issuer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has requisite power
and authority to enter into and perform this Stock Option Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Stock Option Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by the Board of Directors of Issuer and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Issuer are necessary to authorize this Stock Option
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Board of
Directors of Issuer has duly approved the issuance and sale of the Option
Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Stock
Option Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Stock Option Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
Issuer and, assuming this Stock Option Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by Grantee, constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of Issuer enforceable against Issuer in accordance with its terms.
(c) Issuer has taken all necessary action to authorize and reserve
for issuance and to permit it to issue, and at all times from the date of this
Stock Option Agreement through the Expiration Date will have reserved for
issuance upon exercise of the Option a number of authorized and unissued shares
of Issuer Common Stock equal to 19.9% of the number of shares of Issuer Common
Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Stock Option Agreement (or such
other number as may be required pursuant to Section 10 hereof), each of which,
upon issuance pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement and when paid for as
provided herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall
be delivered free and clear of all claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and
security interests and not subject to any preemptive rights.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Stock Option
Agreement by Issuer and the consummation by it of
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the transactions contemplated hereby except as required by the HSR Act (if
applicable), and, with respect to Section 4, compliance with the provisions of
the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, do not require the
consent, waiver, approval, license or authorization of or result in the
acceleration of any obligation under, or constitute a default under, any term,
condition or provision of any charter or bylaw, or any indenture, mortgage,
lien, lease, agreement, contract, instrument, order, judgment, ordinance,
regulation or decree or any restriction to which Issuer or any property of
Issuer or its subsidiaries is bound, except where failure to obtain such
consents, waivers, approvals, licenses or authorizations or where such
acceleration or defaults could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Issuer.
6. Representations and Warranties of Grantee. Grantee hereby
represents and warrants to Issuer that:
(a) Grantee is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has requisite power
and authority to enter into and perform this Stock Option Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Stock Option Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by the Board of Directors of Grantee and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Grantee are necessary to authorize this Stock Option
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Stock
Option Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Grantee
and, assuming this Stock Option Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by Issuer, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Grantee enforceable
against Grantee in accordance with its terms.
(c) Grantee or its designee is acquiring the Option and it will
acquire the Option Shares issuable upon the exercise thereof for its own account
and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof in any manner not in
accordance with applicable law.
7. Covenants of Grantee. Grantee agrees not to transfer or
otherwise dispose of the Option or the Option Shares, or any interest therein,
except in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable state securities
laws. Grantee further agrees to the placement of the following legend on the
certificates representing the Option Shares (in addition to any legend required
under applicable state securities laws):
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER EITHER (i) THE SECURITIES ACT
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OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR (ii) ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW
GOVERNING THE OFFER AND SALE OF SECURITIES. NO TRANSFER OR OTHER
DISPOSITION OF THESE SHARES, OR OF ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY BE MADE
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT
AND SUCH OTHER STATE LAWS OR PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE ACT, SUCH OTHER STATE LAWS, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER."
8. Reasonable Best Efforts. Grantee and Issuer shall take, or cause
to be taken, all reasonable action to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Stock Option Agreement, including, without
limitation, reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary consents of third
parties and governmental agencies and the filing by Grantee and Issuer promptly
after the date hereof of any required HSR Act notification forms and the
documents required to comply with the HSR Act.
9. Certain Conditions. The obligation of Issuer to issue Option
Shares under this Stock Option Agreement upon exercise of the Option shall be
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
(a) any waiting periods applicable to the acquisition of the Option
Shares by Grantee pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated;
(b) the representations and warranties of Grantee made in Section 6
of this Stock Option Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date of the Closing for the issuance of such Option Shares;
and
(c) no order, decree or injunction entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission
in the United States shall be in effect which prohibits the exercise of the
Option or acquisition of Option Shares pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement.
10. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any
change in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, rights
offering, share exchange or other change in the corporate or capital structure
of Issuer, Grantee shall receive, upon exercise of the Option, the stock or
other securities, cash or property to which Grantee would have been entitled if
Grantee had exercised the Option and had been a holder of record of shares of
Issuer Common Stock on the record date fixed for determination of holders of
shares of Issuer Common Stock entitled to receive such stock
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or other securities, cash or property at the same aggregate price as the
aggregate Option Price of the Option Shares.
11. Expiration. The Option shall expire at the earlier of (x) the
Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (y) one year after
termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(ii) thereof (if
this Option is exercisable at the time of the event giving rise to such right of
termination) or Section 7.1(e) thereof or (z) on termination of the Merger
Agreement pursuant to its terms, other than as contemplated by clause (y) of
this sentence (such expiration date is referred to as the "Expiration Date").
12. General Provisions.
(a) Survival. All of the representations, warranties and covenants
contained herein shall survive a Closing and shall be deemed to have been made
as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Closing.
(b) Further Assurances. If Grantee exercises the Option, or any
portion thereof, in accordance with the terms of this Stock Option Agreement,
Issuer and Grantee will execute and deliver all such further documents and
instruments and use their reasonable best efforts to take all such further
action as may be necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(c) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that
the provisions of this Stock Option Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent
permissible under the law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in
which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the event that any provision of
this Stock Option Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such
jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Stock Option Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Stock Option Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(d) Assignment. This Stock Option Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns; provided that Issuer shall not be entitled to assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder.
(e) Specific Performance. The parties agree and acknowledge that in
the event of a breach of any provision of
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this Stock Option Agreement, the aggrieved party would be without an adequate
remedy at law. The parties therefore agree that in the event of a breach of any
provision of this Stock Option Agreement, the aggrieved party may elect to
institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to
enforce specific performance or to enjoin the continuing breach of such
provision, as well as to obtain damages for breach of this Stock Option
Agreement. By seeking or obtaining any such relief, the aggrieved party will not
be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which it may be
entitled.
(f) Amendments. This Stock Option Agreement may not be modified,
amended, altered or supplemented except upon the execution and delivery of a
written agreement executed by Grantee and Issuer.
(g) Notices. All notices, requests, demands or other communications
required by or otherwise with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given to any party when delivered personally
(by courier service or otherwise), when delivered by telecopy and confirmed by
return telecopy, or seven days after being mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid in each case to the applicable addresses set forth below:
If to Issuer:
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
1050 Warrenvill Road
Lisle, Illinois
Telecopy No. (717) 830-7112
Attention: Robert J. Harter, Jr., Esq.
with a copy to:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 10022
Telecopy No.: (312) 782-8585
Attention: Elizabeth Kitslaar, Esq.
If to Grantee:
JP Foodservice, Inc.
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Telecopy No: (410) 312-7149
Attention: David Abramson, Esq.
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with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
Telecopy No.: (212) 403-2000
Attention: Edward D. Herlihy, Esq.
(h) Headings. The headings contained in this Stock Option Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Stock Option Agreement.
(i) Counterparts. This Stock Option Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(j) Governing Law. This Stock Option Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to
contracts made and to be performed therein.
(k) Jurisdiction and Venue. Each of Issuer and Grantee hereby agrees
that any proceeding relating to this Stock Option Agreement shall be brought in
a state court of Delaware. Each of Issuer and Grantee hereby consents to
personal jurisdiction in any such action brought in any such Delaware court,
consents to service of process by registered mail made upon such party and such
party's agent and waives any objection to venue in any such Delaware court or to
any claim that any such Delaware court is an inconvenient forum.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Stock Option Agreement, the Stock Option
Agreement of even date herewith pursuant to which Grantee grants to Issuer an
option to purchase shares of Grantee's common stock, the Confidentiality
Agreement and the Merger Agreement and any documents and instruments referred to
herein and therein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto
and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede
all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Stock
Option Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
Nothing in this Stock Option Agreement shall be construed to give any person
other than the parties to this Stock Option Agreement or their respective
successors or permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Stock Option Agreement or any provision contained
herein.
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(m) Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Stock Option
Agreement, each party shall pay its own expenses incurred in connection with
this Stock Option Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Stock Option
Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first written above.
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By: /s/ James L. Miller
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Name: James L. Miller
Title: Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By: /s/ Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Name: Mark Van Stekelenburg
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
[RYKOFF-SEXTON STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT]
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EXHIBIT 99.3
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THE OPTION EVIDENCED BY THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
TO A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GRANTEE.
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is dated as of June 30, 1997, between
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Grantee"), and JP Foodservice,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Issuer").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Grantee, Issuer and Hudson Acquisition Corp. ("Merger Sub"),
a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Issuer, have entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") which provides,
among other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof,
Grantee will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger"); and
WHEREAS, as a condition to its willingness to enter into the Merger
Agreement, Grantee has required that Issuer agree, and Issuer has agreed, to
enter into this Stock Option Agreement, which provides, among other things, that
Issuer grant to Grantee an option to purchase shares of Issuer's Common Stock,
par value $.10 per share ("Issuer Common Stock"), upon the terms and subject to
the conditions provided for herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
and agreements contained in this Stock Option Agreement and the Merger
Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Stock Option Agreement, Issuer hereby grants to Grantee an irrevocable option
(the "Option") to purchase from Issuer 4,495,149 shares of Issuer Common Stock
(but in no event to exceed 19.9% of the then outstanding shares of Issuer Common
Stock) (the "Option Shares"), in the manner set forth below, at an exercise
price of $30.125 per share of Issuer Common Stock, subject to adjustment as
provided below (the "Option Price"). Capitalized terms used herein but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
2. Exercise of Option.
(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
in Section 9 of this Stock Option Agreement, prior to the termination of this
Stock Option Agreement in accordance with its terms, Grantee or its designee
(which
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shall be a wholly owned subsidiary of Grantee) may exercise the Option, in whole
or in part, at any time or from time to time on or after the public disclosure
of, or the time at which Grantee shall have learned of, the earliest event to
occur of the following:
(i) any person or group (1) other than Grantee or its
affiliates shall have acquired or become the beneficial owners (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock, or (2)
other than Grantee or its affiliates shall have been granted any
option or right, conditional or otherwise, to acquire more than twenty
percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock
(provided that in the event that such option or right expires
unexercised, then to the extent the Option has not already been
exercised, it shall no longer be exercisable except as otherwise
provided in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2(a));
(ii) any person other than Grantee and its affiliates shall
have made a tender offer or exchange offer (or entered into an
agreement to make such a tender offer or exchange offer) for at least
twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding shares of Issuer Common
Stock (provided that in the event that such tender offer or exchange
offer or agreement is withdrawn or terminates, as the case may be,
prior to consummation of such offer or the transactions contemplated
by such agreement, then to the extent the Option has not already been
exercised, it shall no longer be exercisable except as otherwise
provided in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2(a));
(iii) Issuer shall have entered into a written definitive
agreement or written agreement in principle with any person other than
Grantee or its affiliates in connection with a liquidation,
dissolution, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or acquisition or
purchase of all or a material portion of the assets of Issuer and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or all or a material portion of the
equity interest in Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
other similar transaction or business combination (each, an
"Acquisition Transaction"); or
(iv) any person other than Grantee or its affiliates shall have
made a proposal to Issuer or its stockholders to engage in an
Acquisition Transaction.
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(b) In the event Grantee wishes to exercise the Option at such time as
the Option is exercisable, Grantee shall deliver written notice (the "Exercise
Notice") to Issuer specifying its intention to exercise the Option, the total
number of Option Shares it wishes to purchase and a date and time for the
closing of such purchase (a "Closing") not less than three (3) nor more than
thirty (30) business days after the later of (i) the date such Exercise Notice
is given and (ii) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the
"HSR Act"). If prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 11 below)
any person or group (other than Grantee or its affiliates) (1) shall have made a
bona fide proposal that becomes publicly disclosed with respect to (I) a tender
offer or exchange offer for fifty percent (50%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Issuer Common Stock (a "Share Proposal"), (II) a merger, consolidation
or other business combination with Issuer (a "Merger Proposal") or (III) any
acquisition of a material portion of the assets of Issuer (an "Asset Proposal"),
or (2) shall have acquired fifty percent (50%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Issuer Common Stock (a "Share Acquisition"), and this Option is then
exercisable, then Grantee, in lieu of exercising the Option, shall have the
right at any time thereafter (for so long as the Option is exercisable under
Section 2(a)) to request in writing that Issuer pay, and promptly (but in any
event not more than five (5) business days) after the giving by Grantee of such
request, Issuer shall, subject to Section 2(c) below, pay to Grantee, in
cancellation of the Option, an amount in cash (the "Cancellation Amount") equal
to
(i) the excess over the Option Price of the greater of (A) the
last sale price of a share of Issuer Common Stock as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day prior to the date of
the Exercise Notice, or (B)(1) the highest price per share of Issuer
Common Stock offered or proposed to be paid or paid by any such person
or group pursuant to or in connection with a Share Proposal, a Share
Acquisition or a Merger Proposal or (2) the aggregate consideration
offered to be paid or paid in any transaction or proposed transaction
in connection with an Asset Proposal, divided by the number of shares
of Issuer Common Stock then outstanding, multiplied by
(ii) the number of Option Shares then covered by the Option;
provided, however, that the Cancellation Amount shall be reduced by any amount
actually paid to Grantee by Issuer pursuant to Section 7.5(b) of the Merger
Agreement (the "Termination Fee"). If all or a portion of the price per share
of Issuer Common Stock offered, paid or payable or the aggregate consideration
offered, paid or payable for the assets of Issuer,
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each as contemplated by the preceding sentence, consists of noncash
consideration, such price or aggregate consideration shall be the cash
consideration, if any, plus the fair market value of the non-cash consideration
as determined by the investment bankers of Issuer and the investment bankers of
Grantee (or, if such investment bankers cannot agree within ten (10) business
days of such question being submitted for such determination, then promptly by
an independent investment banker chosen by Grantee's investment bankers and
reasonably acceptable to Issuer's investment bankers).
(c) Following exercise of the Option by Grantee, in the event that
Grantee sells, pledges or otherwise disposes of (including, without limitation,
by merger or exchange) any of the Option Shares (a "Sale"), then any Termination
Fee due and payable by Issuer following such time shall be reduced to the extent
of the amounts received (whether in cash, loan proceeds, securities or
otherwise) by Grantee in such Sale less the exercise price of such Option Shares
sold in the Sale (the "Option Share Profit"); provided, however, that in no
event shall the Termination Fee be reduced below zero. If Issuer has paid to
Grantee the Termination Fee prior to a Sale, then Grantee shall immediately
remit to Issuer the Option Share Profit realized in such Sale, but only to the
extent that such Option Share Profit, in the aggregate with any other Option
Share Profit realized in a Sale subsequent to payment of the Termination Fee, is
less than or equal to the amount of the Termination Fee.
3. Payment of Option Price and Delivery of Certificate. (a) Any
Closings under Section 2 of this Stock Option Agreement shall be held at the
principal executive offices of Issuer, or at such other place as Issuer and
Grantee may agree.
(b) Subject to Section 3(c), at any Closing hereunder, (x) Grantee or
its designee will make payment to Issuer of the aggregate price for the Option
Shares being so purchased by delivery of a certified check, official bank check
or wire transfer of funds pursuant to Issuer's instructions payable to Issuer in
an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Option Price by the
number of Option Shares to be purchased, and (y) upon receipt of such payment
Issuer will deliver to Grantee or its designee (which shall be a wholly owned
subsidiary of Grantee) a certificate or certificates representing the number of
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Option Shares so purchased, in the
denominations and registered in such names (which shall be Grantee or a wholly
owned subsidiary of Grantee) designated to Issuer in writing by Grantee.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any Closing
involving the payment of a Cancellation Amount, (x) Grantee will deliver to
Issuer for cancellation the Option and (y) Issuer or its designee will make
payment to Grantee of the Cancellation Amount by delivery of a certified check,
official
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bank check or wire transfer of funds pursuant to Grantee's instructions.
4. Registration and Listing of Option Shares.
(a) Issuer agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to (i) effect as
promptly as possible upon the request of Grantee and (ii) cause to become and
remain effective for a period of not less than six (6) months (or such shorter
period as may be necessary to effect the distribution of such shares), the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and any applicable state securities laws, of all or any part of the
Option Shares as may be specified in such request; provided, however, that (i)
Grantee shall have the right to select the managing underwriter for any
underwritten offering of such Option Shares after consultation with Issuer,
which managing underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to Issuer and (ii)
Grantee shall not be entitled to more than two (2) effective registration
statements hereunder.
(b) In addition to such demand registrations, if Issuer proposes to
effect a registration of Issuer Common Stock for its own account or for the
account of any other stockholder of Issuer, Issuer will give prompt written
notice to all holders of Options or Option Shares of its intention to do so and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to include therein all Option Shares
requested by Grantee to be so included. No registration effected under this
Section 4(b) shall relieve Issuer of its obligations to effect demand
registrations under Section 4(a) hereof.
(c) Registrations effected under this Section 4 shall be effected at
Issuer's expense, including the fees and expenses of counsel to the holder of
Options or Option Shares, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
to brokers or dealers. In connection with each registration under this Section
4, Issuer shall indemnify and hold each holder of Options or Option Shares
participating in such offering (a "Holder"), its underwriters and each of their
respective affiliates harmless against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, investigation expenses
and fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants), joint or several, to
which such Holder, its underwriters and each of their respective affiliates may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any registration statement (including any prospectus
therein), or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
other than
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such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in
respect thereof) which arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in written information
furnished by a Holder to Issuer expressly for use in such registration
statement.
(d) In connection with any registration statement pursuant to this
Section 4, each Holder agrees to furnish Issuer with such information concerning
itself and the proposed sale or distribution as shall reasonably be required in
order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act. In
addition, Grantee shall indemnify and hold Issuer, its underwriters and each of
their respective affiliates harmless against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation investigation
expenses and fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants), joint or
several, to which Issuer, its underwriters and each of their respective
affiliates may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in written information furnished by any
Holder to Issuer expressly for use in such registration statement. In no event
shall the liability of any Holder or any affiliate thereof under this Section 4
be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of payment of
all expenses) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Option Shares giving
rise to such indemnification obligation.
(e) Upon the issuance of Option Shares hereunder, Issuer will use its
reasonable best efforts promptly to list such Option Shares with the New York
Stock Exchange or on such national or other exchange on which the shares of
Issuer Common Stock are at the time principally listed.
5. Representations and Warranties of Issuer. Issuer hereby
represents and warrants to Grantee as follows:
(a) Issuer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has requisite power
and authority to enter into and perform this Stock Option Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Stock Option Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by the Board of Directors of Issuer and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Issuer are necessary to authorize this Stock Option
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Board of
Directors of Issuer has duly approved the issuance and sale of the Option
Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Stock
Option Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
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hereby. This Stock Option Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by Issuer and, assuming this Stock Option Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by Grantee, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of Issuer enforceable against Issuer in accordance with its
terms.
(c) Issuer has taken all necessary action to authorize and reserve for
issuance and to permit it to issue, and at all times from the date of this Stock
Option Agreement through the Expiration Date will have reserved for issuance
upon exercise of the Option a number of authorized and unissued shares of Issuer
Common Stock equal to 19.9% of the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock
issued and outstanding on the date of this Stock Option Agreement (or such other
number as may be required pursuant to Section 10 hereof), each of which, upon
issuance pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement and when paid for as provided
herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be
delivered free and clear of all claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and
security interests and not subject to any preemptive rights.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Stock Option
Agreement by Issuer and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
hereby except as required by the HSR Act (if applicable), and, with respect to
Section 4, compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities laws, do not require the consent, waiver, approval,
license or authorization of or result in the acceleration of any obligation
under, or constitute a default under, any term, condition or provision of any
charter or bylaw, or any indenture, mortgage, lien, lease, agreement, contract,
instrument, order, judgment, ordinance, regulation or decree or any restriction
to which Issuer or any property of Issuer or its subsidiaries is bound, except
where failure to obtain such consents, waivers, approvals, licenses or
authorizations or where such acceleration or defaults could not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Issuer.
6. Representations and Warranties of Grantee. Grantee hereby
represents and warrants to Issuer that:
(a) Grantee is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has requisite power
and authority to enter into and perform this Stock Option Agreement.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Stock Option Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized by the Board of Directors of Grantee and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Grantee are necessary to authorize this Stock Option
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
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hereby. This Stock Option Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by Grantee and, assuming this Stock Option Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by Issuer, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
Grantee enforceable against Grantee in accordance with its terms.
(c) Grantee or its designee is acquiring the Option and it will
acquire the Option Shares issuable upon the exercise thereof for its own account
and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof in any manner not in
accordance with applicable law.
7. Covenants of Grantee. Grantee agrees not to transfer or
otherwise dispose of the Option or the Option Shares, or any interest therein,
except in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable state securities
laws. Grantee further agrees to the placement of the following legend on the
certificates representing the Option Shares (in addition to any legend required
under applicable state securities laws):
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER EITHER (i) THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"),
OR (ii) ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW GOVERNING THE OFFER AND SALE OF
SECURITIES. NO TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SHARES, OR OF
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY BE MADE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH OTHER STATE LAWS OR
PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, SUCH OTHER
STATE LAWS, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER."
8. Reasonable Best Efforts. Grantee and Issuer shall take, or cause
to be taken, all reasonable action to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Stock Option Agreement, including, without
limitation, reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary consents of third
parties and governmental agencies and the filing by Grantee and Issuer promptly
after the date hereof of any required HSR Act notification forms and the
documents required to comply with the HSR Act.
9. Certain Conditions. The obligation of Issuer to issue Option
Shares under this Stock Option Agreement upon exercise of the Option shall be
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
(a) any waiting periods applicable to the acquisition of the Option
Shares by Grantee pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement under the HSR Act
shall have expired or been terminated;
(b) the representations and warranties of Grantee made in Section 6 of
this Stock Option Agreement shall be true
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and correct in all material respects as of the date of the Closing for the
issuance of such Option Shares; and
(c) no order, decree or injunction entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission
in the United States shall be in effect which prohibits the exercise of the
Option or acquisition of Option Shares pursuant to this Stock Option Agreement.
10. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any
change in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, rights
offering, share exchange or other change in the corporate or capital structure
of Issuer, Grantee shall receive, upon exercise of the Option, the stock or
other securities, cash or property to which Grantee would have been entitled if
Grantee had exercised the Option and had been a holder of record of shares of
Issuer Common Stock on the record date fixed for determination of holders of
shares of Issuer Common Stock entitled to receive such stock or other
securities, cash or property at the same aggregate price as the aggregate Option
Price of the Option Shares.
11. Expiration. The Option shall expire at the earlier of (x) the
Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (y) one year after
termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(iii) thereof (if
this Option is exercisable at the time of the event giving rise to such right of
termination) or Section 7.1(f) thereof or (z) on termination of the Merger
Agreement pursuant to its terms, other than as contemplated by clause (y) of
this sentence (such expiration date is referred to as the "Expiration Date").
12. General Provisions.
(a) Survival. All of the representations, warranties and covenants
contained herein shall survive a Closing and shall be deemed to have been made
as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Closing.
(b) Further Assurances. If Grantee exercises the Option, or any
portion thereof, in accordance with the terms of this Stock Option Agreement,
Issuer and Grantee will execute and deliver all such further documents and
instruments and use their reasonable best efforts to take all such further
action as may be necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(c) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the
provisions of this Stock Option Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent
permissible under the law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in
which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the event that any provision
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of this Stock Option Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such
jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Stock Option Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining
provisions of this Stock Option Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(d) Assignment. This Stock Option Agreement shall be binding on and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns; provided that Issuer shall not be entitled to assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder.
(e) Specific Performance. The parties agree and acknowledge that in
the event of a breach of any provision of this Stock Option Agreement, the
aggrieved party would be without an adequate remedy at law. The parties
therefore agree that in the event of a breach of any provision of this Stock
Option Agreement, the aggrieved party may elect to institute and prosecute
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce specific
performance or to enjoin the continuing breach of such provision, as well as to
obtain damages for breach of this Stock Option Agreement. By seeking or
obtaining any such relief, the aggrieved party will not be precluded from
seeking or obtaining any other relief to which it may be entitled.
(f) Amendments. This Stock Option Agreement may not be modified,
amended, altered or supplemented except upon the execution and delivery of a
written agreement executed by Grantee and Issuer.
(g) Notices. All notices, requests, demands or other communications
required by or otherwise with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given to any party when delivered personally
(by courier service or otherwise), when delivered by telecopy and confirmed by
return telecopy, or seven days after being mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid in each case to the applicable addresses set forth below:
If to Grantee:
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
1050 Warrenville Road
Lisle, Illinois
Telecopy No. (717) 830-7112
Attention: Robert J. Harter, Jr., Esq.
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with a copy to:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 10022
Telecopy No.: (312) 782-8585
Attention: Elizabeth Kitslaar, Esq.
If to Issuer:
JP Foodservice, Inc.
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Telecopy No: (410) 312-7149
Attention: David Abramson, Esq.
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
Telecopy No.: (212) 403-2000
Attention: Edward D. Herlihy, Esq.
(h) Headings. The headings contained in this Stock Option Agreement
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Stock Option Agreement.
(i) Counterparts. This Stock Option Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(j) Governing Law. This Stock Option Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to
contracts made and to be performed therein.
(k) Jurisdiction and Venue. Each of Issuer and Grantee hereby agrees
that any proceeding relating to this Stock Option Agreement shall be brought in
a state court of Delaware. Each of Issuer and Grantee hereby consents to
personal jurisdiction in any such action brought in any such Delaware court,
consents to service of process by registered mail made upon such party and such
party's agent and waives any objection to venue in any such Delaware court or to
any claim that any such Delaware court is an inconvenient forum.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Stock Option Agreement, the Stock Option
Agreement of even date herewith pursuant to which Grantee grants to Issuer an
option to purchase shares of Grantee's common stock, the Confidentiality
Agreement and the Merger Agreement and any documents and instruments referred to
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herein and therein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto
and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede
all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Stock
Option Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.
Nothing in this Stock Option Agreement shall be construed to give any person
other than the parties to this Stock Option Agreement or their respective
successors or permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Stock Option Agreement or any provision contained
herein.
(m) Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Stock Option
Agreement, each party shall pay its own expenses incurred in connection with
this Stock Option Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Stock Option
Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first written above.
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By: /s/ James L. Miller
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Name: James L. Miller
Title: Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By: /s/ Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Name: Mark Van Stekelenburg
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
[JP FOODSERVICE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT]
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Exhibit 99.4
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
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AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 1997, by and among JP FOODSERVICE,
INC., a Delaware corporation ("JPFI") and the other persons whose names are set
forth on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the "Stockholders").
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, JPFI, Hudson Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPFI ("Merger Sub") and
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Rykoff"), are entering into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"; capitalized terms used
without definition herein having the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger
Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Stockholders are the beneficial owners of the number of
shares of Rykoff Common Stock set forth in Schedule I hereto (the "Subject
Shares");
WHEREAS, approval of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of
Rykoff is a condition to the consummation of the Merger; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to its entering into the Merger Agreement,
JPFI has required that the Stockholders agree, and the Stockholders have agreed,
to enter into this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Agreement to Vote. (a) Each Stockholder hereby agrees to
attend the Rykoff Stockholders Meeting, in person or by proxy, and to vote (or
cause to be voted) all Subject Shares, and any other voting securities of
Rykoff, whether issued heretofore or hereafter, that such Stockholder owns or
has the right to vote, for approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the
Merger. Such agreement to vote shall apply also to any adjournment or
adjournments of the Rykoff Stockholders Meeting, and to any other meeting of
stockholders at which any item of business referred to in the preceding sentence
is presented for approval.
(b) To the extent inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this
Section 1, each Stockholder hereby revokes
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any and all previous proxies with respect to such Stockholder's Subject Shares
or any other voting securities of Rykoff.
Section 2. No Solicitation. No Stockholder shall, directly or
indirectly, solicit or encourage (including by way of furnishing information),
or authorize any individual, corporation or other entity to solicit or encourage
(including by way of furnishing information), from any third party any inquiries
or proposals relating to, or conduct negotiations or discussions with any third
party with respect to, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or
the making of any proposal that constitutes, or that may reasonably be expected
to lead to, any proposal or offer relating to the disposition of business or
assets of Rykoff or JPFI or their respective subsidiaries, or the acquisition of
the voting securities of Rykoff or JPFI or their respective subsidiaries, or the
merger or consolidation of Rykoff or JPFI or any of their respective
subsidiaries with or to any corporation or other entity other than as provided
in the Merger Agreement, the Option Agreements or the Support Agreement (and the
Stockholders shall promptly notify JPFI of all of the relevant details relating
to all inquiries and proposals which such Stockholders may receive relating to
any such matters).
Section 3. Securities Act Covenants and Representations. Each
Stockholder hereby agrees and represents to JPFI as follows:
(a) Such Stockholder has been advised that the offering, sale and
delivery of JPFI Common Stock pursuant to the Merger will be registered under
the Securities Act on a Registration Statement on Form S-4. Such Stockholder
has also been advised, however, that to the extent such Stockholder is
considered an "affiliate" of Rykoff at the time the Merger Agreement is
submitted to a vote of the stockholders of Rykoff any public offering or sale by
such Stockholder of any shares of JPFI Common Stock received by such Stockholder
in the Merger will, under current law, require either (i) the further
registration under the Securities Act of any shares of JPFI Common Stock to be
sold by such Stockholder, (ii) compliance with Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC
under the Securities Act or (iii) the availability of another exemption from
such registration under the Securities Act.
(b) Such Stockholder has read this Agreement and the Merger Agreement
and has discussed their requirements and other applicable limitations upon such
Stockholder's ability
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to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of JPFI Common Stock, to the
extent such Stockholder believed necessary, with such Stockholder's counsel or
counsel for Rykoff.
(c) Such Stockholder also understands that stop transfer instructions
will be given to JPFI's transfer agent with respect to JPFI Common Stock and
that a legend will be placed on the certificates for the JPFI Common Stock
issued to such Stockholder, or any substitutions therefor, to the extent such
Stockholder is considered an "affiliate" of Rykoff at the time the Merger
Agreement is submitted to a vote of the stockholders of Rykoff.
Section 4. Pooling Covenants and Representations. Each Stockholder
hereby agrees and represents to JPFI that such Stockholder will not sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any securities of Rykoff or of any shares of
JPFI Common Stock received by such Stockholder in the Merger or other shares of
capital stock of JPFI during the period beginning 30 days prior to the Effective
Time and ending at such time as results covering at least 30 days of combined
operations of Rykoff and JPFI have been published by JPFI, in the form of a
quarterly earnings report, an effective registration statement filed with the
SEC, a report to the SEC on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K, or any other public filing
or announcement which includes the combined results of operations, except for
transfers or other dispositions that, taking into account the actions of other
affiliates of Rykoff, will not prevent JPFI from accounting for the Merger as a
pooling of interests.
Section 5. Further Assurances. Each of JPFI and the Stockholders
shall execute and deliver such additional instruments and other documents and
shall take such further actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate, carry out and comply with all of its obligations under this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of JPFI or
any of the Stockholders shall enter into any agreement or arrangement (or alter,
amend or terminate any existing agreement or arrangement) if such action would
materially impair the ability of any party to effectuate, carry out or comply
with all the terms of this Agreement.
Section 6. Representations and Warranties of JPFI. JPFI represents
and warrants to each Stockholder as follows: Each of this Agreement and the
Merger Agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors of JPFI,
representing all
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necessary corporate action on the part of JPFI other than approval of the Merger
Agreement by the stockholders of JPFI. Each of this Agreement and the Merger
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
JPFI. Each of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitutes a valid and
binding agreement of JPFI, enforceable against JPFI in accordance with its
terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general application which
may affect the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
equitable principles. JPFI covenants and agrees that, effective as of the
Effective Time, JPFI shall assume the rights and obligations of Rykoff under
that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 17, 1996, by and
among Rykoff and the other persons whose signatures are set forth on the
signature pages thereto pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to JPFI and such other persons.
Section 7. Representations and Warranties of Stockholders. Each
Stockholder represents and warrants to JPFI that this Agreement (i) has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Stockholder and (ii) constitutes
the valid and binding agreement of such Stockholder, enforceable against such
Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of
general application which may affect the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general equitable principles. Each such Stockholder is the
record and beneficial owner of the Subject Shares set forth opposite its
respective name on Schedule I. The Subject Shares listed next to the name of
such Stockholder on Schedule I hereto are the only voting securities of Rykoff
owned (beneficially or of record) by such Stockholder. Neither the execution or
delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation by such Stockholder of the
transactions contemplated hereby will violate (a) the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, partnership agreement or other organizational document,
as applicable, of any such Stockholder, or (b) any provisions of any law, rule
or regulation applicable to such Stockholder or any contract or agreement to
which such Stockholder is a party, other than such violations described in the
foregoing clause (b) as would not prevent or materially delay the performance by
such Stockholder of its obligations hereunder or impose any liability or
obligation on JPFI. Each Stockholder agrees that, at or prior to the Effective
Time, it shall represent to Rykoff, JPFI or their respective counsel that,
during the two-year period immediately following the Effective Time, it
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shall not (other than incident or pursuant to an Extraordinary Transaction)
sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to sell,
exchange or otherwise dispose of) shares of JPFI Common Stock equal to more than
the lesser of (i) 25% or (ii) the Shortfall Percent, in each case of the shares
of JPFI Common Stock received by it in the Merger. The "Shortfall Percent" shall
equal that percentage of the total number of shares of JPFI Common Stock issued
in the Merger as, when added to the following percentage of shares of JPFI
Common Stock, shall equal 45%: 100% minus the sum of (i) the percent of shares
of JPFI Common Stock issuable in the Merger to the Stockholders and (ii) the
percent of shares of JPFI Common Stock issuable in the Merger to any other
persons that can be identified immediately prior to the Merger as holding 5% or
more of the total number of shares of Rykoff Common Stock outstanding at such
time (for which purposes shares held by a family of mutual funds shall, to the
extent possible, be identified with separate funds within such family and, to
the extent so separately identifiable, treated as separate stockholders). For
purposes of the restriction on disposition of JPFI Common Stock pursuant to the
foregoing representation, the shares of JPFI Common Stock held by the
Stockholders shall be aggregated, and the Stockholders shall be regarded as a
single Stockholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Stockholder shall be
required to provide the representation described herein if, as a result of a
change in law (including, without limitation, a change pursuant to Treasury
regulations that may be applied, by election or otherwise, to the Merger), the
facts intended to be reached by such representation are not a necessary
condition for qualification of the Merger under Section 368 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
For purposes of this Section 7, an "Extraordinary Transaction" means a
merger, consolidation or other business combination, tender or exchange offer,
share exchange, restructuring, recapitalization or other similar transaction
involving JPFI, so long as any such transaction is not arranged as part of an
overall plan to which such Stockholder is a party and pursuant to which the
Merger is also being consummated.
Section 8. Effectiveness and Termination. It is a condition
precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement that the Merger Agreement shall
have been executed and delivered and be in full force and effect. In the event
the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, this Agreement
shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect. Upon such
termination, except for any
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rights any party may have in respect of any breach by any other party of its or
his obligations hereunder, none of the parties hereto shall have any further
obligation or liability hereunder.
Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices, Etc. All notices, requests, demands or other
communications required by or otherwise with respect to this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given to any party when
delivered personally (by courier service or otherwise), when delivered by
telecopy and confirmed by return telecopy, or seven days after being mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid in each case to the applicable addresses set
forth below:
If to JPFI:
9830 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, Maryland 21046
Attn: David M. Abramson, Esq.
Telecopy: (410) 312-7149
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Attn: Edward D. Herlihy, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 403-2000
If to any Stockholder:
Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc.
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10080-6123
Attn: James V. Caruso
Telecopy: (212) 236-7364
with a copy to:
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
World Financial Center
North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281-1323
Attn: Marcia L. Tu, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 449-3207
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and a copy to:
Shearman & Sterling
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attn: Bonnie Greaves, Esq.
Telecopy: (212) 848-7179
If to Rykoff:
Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
1050 Warrenville Road
Lisle, Illinois
Telecopy No. (717) 830-7112
Attention: Robert J. Harter, Jr., Esq.
with a copy to:
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
77 West Wacker
Chicago, Illinois 10022
Telecopy No.: (312) 782-8585
Attention: Elizabeth Kitslaar, Esq.
or to such other address as such party shall have designated by
notice so given to each other party.
(b) Amendments, Waivers, Etc. This Agreement may not be amended,
changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated except by an
instrument in writing signed by JPFI, each of the Stockholders and Rykoff.
(c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their
respective successors and assigns, including without limitation in the case of
any corporate party hereto any corporate successor by merger or otherwise, and
in the case of any individual party hereto any trustee, executor, heir, legatee
or personal representative succeeding to the ownership of such party's Subject
Shares or other securities subject to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any
transfer of Subject Shares, the transferor shall remain liable for the
performance of all obligations under this Agreement of the transferor.
(d) Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement
and understanding among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject
matter. There are no representations, warranties or covenants by the
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parties hereto relating to such subject matter other than those expressly set
forth in this Agreement.
(e) Severability. If any term of this Agreement or the application
thereof to any party or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable to
any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such term to
the other parties or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be
enforced to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, provided that in
such event the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an attempt to agree to
another provision (in lieu of the term or application held to be invalid or
unenforceable) that will be valid and enforceable and will carry out the
parties' intentions hereunder.
(f) Specific Performance. The parties acknowledge that money damages
are not an adequate remedy for violations of this Agreement and that any party
may, in its sole discretion, apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for
specific performance or injunctive or such other relief as such court may deem
just and proper in order to enforce this Agreement or prevent any violation
hereof and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each party waives any
objection to the imposition of such relief.
(g) Remedies Cumulative. All rights, powers and remedies provided
under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in
equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of
the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or
later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.
(h) No Waiver. The failure of any party hereto to exercise any
right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in
respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other
party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the
parties at variance with the terms hereof, shall not constitute a waiver by such
party of its right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to
demand such compliance.
(i) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to
be for the benefit of and shall not be enforceable by any person or entity who
or which is not a party hereto.
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(j) Jurisdiction. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware or the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any court
of the State of New York located in the City of New York in any action, suit or
proceeding arising in connection with this Agreement, and agrees that any such
action, suit or proceeding shall be brought only in such court (and waives any
objection based on forum non conveniens or any other objection to venue
therein); provided, however, that such consent to jurisdiction is solely for the
purpose referred to in this paragraph (j) and shall not be deemed to be a
general submission to the jurisdiction of said Courts or in the States of
Delaware or New York other than for such purposes. Each party hereto hereby
waives any right to a trial by jury in connection with any such action, suit or
proceeding.
(k) Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes hereunder shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to the fullest extent possible and
otherwise by the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to
principles of conflicts of law.
(l) Name, Captions, Gender. The name assigned this Agreement and the
section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the interpretation or construction hereof. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun used herein shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine or neuter forms.
(m) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a
number of copies each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, the
parties hereto.
(n) Limitation on Liability. No Stockholder shall have any liability
hereunder for any actions or omissions of any other Stockholder.
(o) Expenses. JPFI and Rykoff shall each bear its own expenses, and
Rykoff shall bear the reasonable expenses of the Stockholders, incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except
that in the event of a dispute concerning the terms or enforcement of this
Agreement, the prevailing party in any such dispute shall be entitled to
reimbursement of reasonable legal fees
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and disbursements from the other party or parties to such dispute.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
JP FOODSERVICE, INC.
By: /s/ James Miller
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Name and Title: James L.
Miller, Chairman,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL PARTNERS,
INC.
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
--------------------------------
Name and Title:
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL APPRECIATION
PARTNERSHIP NO. B-XVIII, L.P.
By: Merrill Lynch LBO Partners No.
B-IV, L.P., as General
Partner
By: Merrill Lynch Capital
Partners, Inc., as
General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1994
By: KECALP Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
[SUPPORT AGREEMENT]
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ML OFFSHORE LBO PARTNERSHIP
NO. B-XVIII
By: Merrill Lynch LBO Partners
No. B-IV, L.P., as Investment
General Partner
By: Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
ML IBK POSITIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
MLCP ASSOCIATES L.P. NO. II
By: Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
MLCP ASSOCIATES L.P. NO. IV
By: Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1991
By: KECALP Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
[SUPPORT AGREEMENT]
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MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL APPRECIATION
PARTNERSHIP NO. XIII, L.P.
By: Merrill Lynch LBO Partners No.
IV, L.P., as General Partner
By: Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
ML OFFSHORE LBO PARTNERSHIP NO. XIII
By: Merrill Lynch LBO Partners No.
IV, L.P., as Investment General
Partner
By: Merrill Lynch Capital Partners,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
ML EMPLOYEES LBO PARTNERSHIP NO. I, L.P.
By: ML Employees LBO Managers,
Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
MERRILL LYNCH KECALP L.P. 1987
By: KECALP Inc., as General Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
[SUPPORT AGREEMENT]
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MERCHANT BANKING L.P. NO. II
By: Merrill Lynch MBP Inc., as General
Partner
By: /s/ Matthias B. Bowman
----------------------------
Name and Title:
Rykoff hereby consents to the entry by each Stockholder into this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions expressly contemplated
hereby, in each case for purposes of Section 3.1(a) of the that certain
Standstill Agreement (the "Standstill Agreement"), dated as of May 17, 1996, by
and between RSI and the ML Entities (as defined therein). Rykoff represents and
warrants to JPFI that the entry by each Stockholder into this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions expressly contemplated hereby, each has been
previously approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing
Directors (as defined in the Standstill Agreement) of Rykoff at a meeting at
which a Continuing Director Quorum (as defined in the Standstill Agreement) was
present. Rykoff also hereby acknowledges and consents to its obligations
pursuant to Section 9(o) hereof.
RYKOFF-SEXTON, INC.
By: /s/ Mark Van Stekelenburg
--------------------------
Name: Mark Van Stekelenburg
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
[SUPPORT AGREEMENT]
